Monday was a day that many people thought Magic Johnson would never see — the 20th anniversary of his announcement that he was HIV positive. "I was stunned," Bob Costas told the LA Times,    .. more …

Currently, 35 percent of South Africa's HIV-positive patients who contract MDR-TB die, compared to 16 percent of those who aren't HIV-positive. These mortality rates far outpace adjoining cou   .. more …

The minority of the population is HIV positive. Of those who are positive, the minority infects their children with HIV via perinatal HIV transmission. And, of those whose children are infected via p   .. more …

Neither can South Africans, she says, 18% of whom (adults, that is) are HIV-positive. She was speaking at Rhodes University at the invitation of the Discovery Centre for Health Journalism and the top   .. more …

Widespread fear of stigma and discrimination still leaves many HIV-positive people in Swaziland feeling that they have no future, and end up withdrawing from life as a way to deal with the shame that   .. more …

That may be particularly important to those who are HIV positive are at higher risk of catching the lung infections. The regiment could help 50000 Americans and 22 million in sub-Saharan Africa. The    .. more …

NEW DELHI: Every three in 10 countries don't have anti-discrimination laws that protect HIV/AIDS patients. However, the number of countries, which have such laws, has increased from 56% to 71% be   .. more …