Recent News
November 25, 2008
Indonesian province plans microchip implants for AIDS patients.
Lawmakers in Indonesia's remote province of Papua have thrown their support behind a controversial bill requiring some HIV/AIDS patients to be implanted with microchips — part of extreme efforts to monitor the disease.
October 2, 2008
South African health minister makes AIDS top priority.
South Africa’s new health minister Barbara Hogan vowed on Thursday to make Aids a top priority, after years of controversy over her predecessor’s unconventional support for treatments like beetroot and garlic.
August 12, 2008
Why Some Infected With HIV Remain Symptom Free Without Antiretroviral Drugs
AIDS experts at Johns Hopkins say they have compelling evidence that some people with HIV who for years and even decades show extremely low levels of the virus in their blood never progress to full-blown AIDS and remain symptom free even without treatment, probably do so because of the strength of their immune systems, not any defects in the strain of HIV that infected them in the first place.
July 3, 2008
A myth that kills. AIDS industry feeds on fear.
The Senate is near to passing a massive $50 billion Emergency Plan for HIV/ AIDS Relief - a bill whose priorities are based on myth, just like virtually all anti-AIDS efforts worldwide.
June 8, 2008
Threat of world AIDS pandemic among heterosexuals over, report admits.
A 25-year health campaign was misplaced outside the continent of Africa. But the disease still kills more than all wars and conflicts
January, 2008
What is the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief?
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, also known as PEPFAR, is a five-year, $15 billion American Government initiative to combat the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.
September 22, 2007
Merck's Experimental AIDS Vaccine Fails
In a disappointing setback, a promising experimental AIDS vaccine failed to work in a large international test, leading the developer to halt the study. Merck & Co. said Friday that it is ending enrollment and vaccination of volunteers in the study, which was partly funded by the National Institutes of Health.
May 5, 2007
Shadow of Doubters: AIDS deniers are flying in the face of more than 25 years of scientific research, with devastating effect, writes Ruth Pollard.
The deaths of many thousands in the developing world should weigh heavily on their souls. Driven by delusions, misguided ideology and in some cases profit, their scientifically unfounded claims have provided an excuse for governments to deny life-saving medications to millions in need. But the real effect of AIDS deniers - those who insist HIV does not exist or that it is a harmless virus - risks being measured in the countless deaths of men, women and children.