Goa tourist guides, taximen to create awareness about AIDS
In a bid to make tourists visiting Goa aware about the dangers of AIDS, the state government has started training tourist guides as well as taxi drivers, who can establish a direct communication with
Running short, Himachal borrows condoms from Punjab
For six months, Himachal Pradesh has had no condom in its stocks meant for free distribution among AIDS high-risk groups and for ensuring birth control. So, it is borrowing some from Punjab for the ti
UN AIDS summit overcomes condom resistance
A new condom home delivery service in India and the production of billions of extra contraceptives around the world highlight the breakthrough of condoms in helping put a brake on the AIDS pandemic, e
India among countries with highest number of HIV adolescents
India, where 95,000 adolescents are living with HIV, has been listed along with the sub-Saharan countries having the highest number of youngsters infected by the deadly virus, according to a UN re
An end to AIDS?
For his doctors, Timothy Ray Brown was a shot in the dark. An HIV-positive American who was cured by a unique type of bone marrow transplant, the man known as ‘the Berlin patient’ has become an icon o
'Govt should explore acceptability of circumcision'
Mumbai: Male circumcision can be a preventive tool against the HIV, and government should find out if it would be acceptable to the society, experts feel.
Rate of HIV infections is coming down, but
Over 19,000 tested positive for HIV in MP in past six years
Indore: Over 19,000 people have tested positive for the deadly Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Madhya Pradesh in the last six years, sources said today.
"Samples of 8,90,984 suspected persons
German researchers report possible HIV cure
Berlin: German researchers are reporting that they may have cured a man of HIV infection, using a mix of high-dose chemotherapy, radiation and stem-cell transplant.
If true, that would represent a sc
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