Police are looking for a man who tried to rob a pharmacy Thursday by saying he had in his pocket a needle filled with the AIDS virus. ...more

April 17, 2009

In her AIDS-scarred South African township, Sweetness Mzolisa leads a chorus of praise for George W. Bush that echoes to the deserts of Namibia, the hills of Rwanda and the villages of Ethiopia. ...more

January 11, 2009

An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said Wednesday. ...more

November 13, 2008

People who have the AIDS virus should start drug treatments sooner than current guidelines recommend, suggests a large new study that could change the care of hundreds of thousands of Americans. ...more

October 27, 2008

••Donors must be at least 16 years old, weigh 110 pounds or more and be in generally good health ...more

September 27, 2008

The number of Americans infected by the AIDS virus each year is much higher than the government has been estimating, U.S. health officials reported, acknowledging that their numbers have understated the level of the epidemic. ...more

August 3, 2008

Health officials are trying to persuade doctors to offer HIV tests to nearly every patient in a New York City community hit harder than most by AIDS. ...more

June 27, 2008

Proponents of sex education programs that focus on encouraging abstinence are launching a nationwide campaign aimed at enlisting 1 million parents to support the controversial approach. ...more

June 1, 2008

Is the bottom falling out for Barack Obama? It's too early to say that, but there are some disturbing signs. ...more

May 4, 2008

For the first time, health officials report that the AIDS virus can be spread by a mother pre-chewing her infant's food, a practice mainly seen in poor, developing countries. ...more

February 7, 2008