Aids Treatment

If We Knew Then What We Know Now...

Ace Robinson | Posted 05.07.2012

Ace Robinson

Our hope is that the correct actions are taken so that in a few decades, we do not look back and wonder why the tools that we have today were not utilized. There is no viable excuse for knowing now what we already know and still not doing the right thing.

'Test and Treat:' What Newt Should Have Said on AIDS

Michael Weinstein | Posted 02.07.2012

Michael Weinstein

The status quo is unacceptable. The most direct path to ending this epidemic is the "Test and Treat" approach: increase testing to find those with HIV, link them to care, and get them on treatment.

Getting to Zero: Mothers Leading the Way to End Pediatric AIDS

Anu Gupta | Posted 01.31.2012

Anu Gupta

As employees of mothers2mothers, mothers living with HIV are trained to educate and support newly-diagnosed pregnant women -- to help them stay healthy and take the necessary steps to avoid transmitting HIV to their babies.

World Aids Day 2011: New York's Continued Battle

Robert Doar | Posted 01.30.2012

Robert Doar

As we celebrate World AIDS Day, we look to the future of HASA, and remain as committed as ever to providing the highest quality of service to those living with clinical symptomatic HIV or AIDS.

Time to Bring the AIDS Fight Home

David Ernesto Munar | Posted 01.30.2012

David Ernesto Munar

It's time to retire another worn-out dichotomy: the global v. domestic response to AIDS. We need a unified commitment and a detailed plan for fighting the epidemic at home and abroad.

Potential HIV Breakthrough

Posted 11.19.2011

Researchers like what they've seen so far from a new HIV gene therapy treatment. From Reuters: An early stage trial of Sangamo BioSciences Inc's...

The 30-Year Fight Against AIDS and for Patient Rights

Michel D. Kazatchkine | Posted 08.09.2011

Michel D. Kazatchkine

In the last thirty years there has been no respite in the fight against disease: not for patients, not for doctors, not for researchers. I strongly believe that the fight against AIDS can be won.

Mozambique HIV Patients Help Each Other Stick To Treatment Regimen

NPR | Posted 08.05.2011

Like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Mozambique has a high HIV rate, reaching nearly 20 percent among some sectors of the population. In Mozambi...

North Carolina GOP Lawmaker Seeks To Cut HIV/AIDS Treatment Programs

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

North Carolina state Rep. Larry Brown (R), whose controversial comments have offended members of the gay community in the past, has announced plans to...

Researchers Say There's Hope For South Africa AIDS Fight

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 05.25.2011

JOHANNESBURG — Reversing South Africa's AIDS epidemic may be impossible but there is reason for hope, a researcher who has mapped the cost of co...

Staggering Gains in the Fight Against AIDS

Michel D. Kazatchkine | Posted 11.17.2011

Michel D. Kazatchkine

In a world where inequality continues to grow, the recent gains in health form a bridge between the rich and the poor. We need to strengthen this bridge.

Proteins Lead To AIDS Breakthrough

AP | Posted 11.17.2011

The AIDS virus has to hijack human proteins to do its damage, but scientists until now have known only a few dozen of its targets. On Thursday, Harvar...