Dec 1st, 2008 · It is estimated that two million children under the age of 15 live with HIV and most of them are in Sub-Saharan Africa. On World AIDS Day, Pamela Barnes, President and CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, talks about the challenges facing children and parents with HIV.
Nov 30th, 2008 · There's a new generation of HIV-positive children who are reaching their teen years, but one 14-year-old girl in Washington, D.C., is finding out that living longer with HIV comes with a price.
Nov 24th, 2008 · The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 20 percent of people in the U.S. who are infected with HIV aren't aware they have it. The CDC would like to see routine HIV tests done unless a patient refuses.
Oct 28th, 2008 · Every parent knows how schools can be breeding grounds for the flu, or the common cold. But parents at Normandy High School in St. Louis, Mo., were shocked when they learned their children may have been exposed to HIV at school. A roundtable, including Stanton Lawrence, superintendent for the Normandy School District, discusses the case and parents' growing concern.
Oct 6th, 2008 · The 2008 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine went in part to two French researchers for discovering the virus that causes AIDS. The award was not shared by American Robert Gallo, who has also claimed a role in the discovery of HIV. Additionally, a German scientist got the prize for establishing the cause of most cervical cancers.
Oct 1st, 2008 · The recent discovery of a well-preserved tissue sample from a woman living in the Congo in 1960 allowed scientists to analyze an early version of the HIV genome. Their findings indicate that HIV arrived in the region much earlier than previously thought, around the turn of the century.
Aug 21st, 2008 · Most black women living with HIV or AIDS got infected through high-risk sex with men. Marvelyn Brown says she's HIV-positive because she did not consider the risks. She's a former athlete, who now travels the country telling her story and championing personal responsibility.
Aug 13th, 2008 · Marvelyn Brown was 19 when she tested HIV-positive in 2003. She writes about contracting the illness and the painful lessons learned from her experience in her new book, The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful and (HIV) Positive. Joined by activist Rae Lewis Thornton, who is living with AIDS, Brown discusses family reaction to her HIV status and how she's helping increase HIV/AIDs awareness.