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S.African drug company recalls AIDS treatment medicines

August 08, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

A major pharmaceutical company in South Africa, which has the world's highest HIV rate, on Friday issued a recall of generic anti-retroviral drugs due to a packaging error.


Lancet study blasts Swiss stance on HIV protection

July 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

Doctors have unleashed a counterblast to a Swiss panel that said patients with HIV whose infection is curbed by drugs do not pass on the AIDS virus during unprotected sex.


US activists praise Senate for lifting HIV travel ban

July 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | User comments: 5

Gay advocates and commentators have hailed a vote by US senators to repeal a travel ban on HIV-positive visitors or immigrants to the United States.


Australian researchers say 'natural condom' could stop HIV

June 04, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 20 vote(s) | User comments: 11

Australian researchers said Wednesday they had developed a means of producing a "natural condom" which could prevent the spread of AIDS.