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  West Bengal government to offer rice at Rs 2 per kg to sex workers, HIV patients

  India | June 12, 2016 14:56 IST

  Kolkata: The West Bengal government has now decided to give rice at Rs two per kg to sex workers and poor HIV patients in the state. In this initiative of government all deaf and

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  Deaths due to AIDS in India reduced by 55 pc since 2007: Health minister at UN

  India | June 10, 2016 7:04 IST

  New Delhi: Deaths caused due to AIDS in India have come down to nearly 55 pc since 2007, while new HIV infections saw a reduction by 66 pc since 2000 and around a million people

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  Need to reach out to 90 per cent of HIV patients for treatment: Nadda

  Politics | June 09, 2016 21:25 IST

  United Nations/New Delhi: Admitting that India needs to adopt the fast-track targets proposed by UNAIDS, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda has stressed the need to reach out to 90 per cent of the people in

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  Cancer, HIV drugs added to list of essential medicines

  India | December 26, 2015 9:16 IST

  New Delhi: The government has added 106 drugs including that for Cancer, HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C to the list of essential medicines, taking the total number of items to 376.In a revision of the National

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  Continued semen exposure may increase HIV resistance

  Lifestyle | December 14, 2015 16:19 IST

  New York: Scientists have found that continued semen exposure in sex workers sustains changes in the cervical and vaginal micro-environment in a way that may actually increase HIV resistance.The findings may lead the way to

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  Man jailed for knowingly infecting two women with HIV

  World | December 13, 2015 13:59 IST

  London: A fitness trainer who knowingly infected two unsuspecting young women with HIV has been jailed for five years.Simon James was awarded the sentence by a Bristol court in United Kingdom for failing to tell

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  Charlie Sheen sued by former fiancee

  Hollywood | December 04, 2015 22:27 IST

  Los Angeles: Actor Charlie Sheen's former fiancee Scottine Ross has filed suit against him claiming assault and battery, as well as emotional distress and negligence for not disclosing his HIV status when they first engaged

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  HIV+ boy forced by principal to leave Kolkata school

  India | November 19, 2015 15:07 IST

  In an unfortunate incident, a seven year old HIV+ boy has been forced to drop out of his school in a suburb of Kolkata.The boy's mother voluntarily informed the principal of his HIV+ status immediately

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  NACO launches mobile app for HIV awareness

  India | September 26, 2015 12:29 IST

  New Delhi: In an effort to enhance the information and treatment of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), National Aids Control Organization (NACO) has launched a mobile app called ‘HELP' for AIDS awareness and prevention.  It's the

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  Molecule that targets HIV in semen to prevent infection

  Lifestyle | August 19, 2015 9:27 IST

  New York: A tweezer shaped molecule that targets the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in semen can help prevent HIV infection and other sexually transmitted viral diseases, new research has found.The researchers believe that the compound

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  How APJ Abdul Kalam saved HIV affected siblings

  India | July 29, 2015 13:45 IST

  Kendrapara (Odisha):  While nation mourns the death of the "peoples' president", an orphaned girl from a far flung village of Odisha remembers the gesture of A P J Abdul  Kalam towards her HIV positive siblings

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  AIDS epidemic can end by 2030: UNAIDS

  World | July 15, 2015 0:04 IST

  Geneva: The AIDS epidemic can end by 2030, the UN said today, highlighting the global response that has averted 30 million new HIV infections worldwide in the last 15 years including in India, which ranks

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  Madras HC orders TN govt to pay Rs 6 lakh compensation to HIV patient

  India | June 10, 2015 8:40 IST

  Madurai: In a relief to an HIV patient, whose health deteriorated while serving prison term, Madras High Court ordered government to pay him Rs 6 lakh compensation.Justice S Nagamuthu before whom the case came up,

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  HIV spreads like 'computer worms'

  India | April 03, 2015 18:39 IST

  A recent study has revealed that HIV spreads throughout the body in a way similar to some computer worm hence early treatment may be the key to treat AIDS.The spread of HIV through the body

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  Anti-herpes drug may help treat HIV: Study

  World | March 15, 2015 16:35 IST

  Washington: A common herpes drug can reduce the levels of HIV infection, a new study has found.The finding rebuts earlier scientific assumptions that Valacyclovir (Valtrex) required the presence of the other infection to benefit patients

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  HC notice to centre, Delhi government on inmates' condition

  India | February 11, 2015 14:20 IST

  New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central and Delhi governments on the deplorable conditions of undertrial prisoners, including women, in Tihar Jail here.A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini

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  This smartphone dongle can diagnose HIV in just 15 minutes

  February 06, 2015 18:20 IST

  New Delhi: Researchers at Columbia University have developed a gadget that can be easily attached to a smartphone and it can reportedly diagnose cases of sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV and syphilis. The dongle

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  Low-cost smartphone accessory to diagnose HIV in 15 minutes

  February 05, 2015 13:33 IST

  New York: A team of researchers from Columbia University has developed a low-cost smartphone accessory or dongle that can perform a test that simultaneously detects three infectious disease markers from a finger prick of blood

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  HIV may stay hidden in 'quiet' immune cells

  World | January 31, 2015 19:09 IST

  Washington: In what could lead to a cure for HIV, researchers have found that the human immunodeficiency virus may stay hidden for years in certain "quiet" immune cells.Drugs for HIV have become adept at suppressing

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  Anti-AIDS medicine project likely to take off at Sonagachi

  India | January 01, 2015 13:36 IST

  Kolkata: Asia's largest red light zone, Sonagachi is likely to be the first among such areas in the country to roll out an experimental project under which sex-workers will be administered medicine to prevent HIV