Study traces AIDS virus origin to 100 years ago

Oct. 1, 2008

The AIDS virus has been circulating among people for about 100 years, decades longer than scientists had thought, a new study suggests. Genetic analysis pushes the estimated origin of HIV back to between 1884 and 1924, with a more focused estimate at 1908....

Bush recognizes World AIDS day with ribbon

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A red ribbon on the White House North Portico reaffirms his administration's resolve to tackle HIV/AIDS directly, U.S. President George Bush said Monday.

Haiti to host international AIDS event

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A ceremony for the opening of an AIDS memorial will take place next year in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, the Global Health Council said Monday.

China says 264,000 have HIV/AIDS

BEIJING, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- An estimated 264,302 Chinese are living with HIV or AIDS, the country's Ministry of Health said Sunday.

Selenium slows AIDS virus spread

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Increasing the production of naturally occurring proteins that contain selenium in human blood cells slows the AIDS virus, U.S. researchers said.

Study checks toll of S. Africa's AIDS plan

BOSTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The South African government could have prevented thousands of premature, AIDS-related deaths if it had provided antiretroviral drugs, a U.S. study says.

Mbeki blamed for thousands of AIDS deaths

PRETORIA, South Africa, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Former South African President Thabo Mbeki is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths by blocking anti-AIDS drugs, an activist says.

Bone-marrow transplant promising for AIDS

BERLIN, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A German doctor expressed surprise that an AIDS patient shows no sign of the fatal virus after receiving a bone-marrow transplant for leukemia.

Episodic HIV-AIDS therapy hikes death risk

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A U.S. study has determined why episodic treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS with anti-retroviral drugs increases the overall risk of death.

Meek immune response helps AIDS survival

ATLANTA, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a paradoxical discovery might help explain why some species can live with immunodeficiency viruses that never progress to AIDS.

Swazi women protest royal shopping trip

LOBAMBA, Swaziland, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Hundreds of women marched on the streets of Lobamba, Swaziland, in protest of a shopping trip taken by nine of the king's wives, participants said.

OTC hearing aids may disappoint

EAST LANSING, Mich., Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Consumers with hearing loss who think they are saving significantly by purchasing over- the-counter hearing aids may be disappointed, U.S. researchers say.

Anti-AIDS vaccines hold promise

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- AIDS experts meeting in Mexico City said anti-retroviral drugs being tested for HIV prevention are among the most promising AIDS interventions in development.

Claim: AIDS cure less than 10 years off

BONN, Germany, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A German researcher says he is optimistic a cure for AIDS will be found within 10 years.

CDC: New U.S. HIV cases undercounted

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A study released Saturday suggests estimates of the number of new U.S. cases of human immunodeficiency virus every year have been low for at least a decade.

Study: Cocaine found on Spanish euros

VALENCIA, Spain, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Euros found in Spain had the largest cocaine traces among similar currency used in other European countries, a study has found.