Researchers are looking into two main paths toward a cure for AIDS, based on stories from people who overcame the disease. An AIDS researcher in Spain, Javier Martinez-Picado, says scientists envision a cure either by eradicating the virus from a person’s body or by coaxing the body to control the virus on its own. He […]
International AIDS Conference in Third Day
Thousands of people are gathering in Washington for the third day of an International AIDS Conference attended by diplomats, politicians and celebrities. On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the conference that America is committed to creating an “AIDS-free generation.” She said the U.S. is ready to invest, in Africa and elsewhere, in […]
Clinton: US Committed to Creating ‘AIDS-Free Generation’
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says America is committed to creating an “AIDS-free generation.” Addressing the second day of the International AIDS Conference in Washington Monday, she said the U.S. is working to build sustainable health systems that will help the world “finally win this fight.” With that goal, she said the U.S. is […]
Clinton: US Committed to Creating ‘AIDS-Free Generation’
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says America is committed to creating an “AIDS-free generation.” Addressing the second day of the International AIDS Conference in Washington Monday, she said the U.S. is working to build sustainable health systems that will help the world “finally win this fight.” With that goal, she said the U.S. is […]
International AIDS Conference Opens in Washington
The International AIDS Conference opened Sunday with a call for the world’s governments not to let tight budgets slow the fight against the disease. San Francisco AIDS specialist Dr. Diane Havlir told delegates to the conference in Washington, D.C. that the world has a chance to “start to end AIDS.” She said it would be […]
Multinational Corporations Call for End to HIV Travel Ban
Chief executives from leading international corporations are calling for an end to restrictions on travelers who are HIV positive. Two dozen corporate leaders said Sunday the restrictions imposed by 46 countries around the world are both discriminatory and bad for business. They issued their statement as about 25,000 top AIDS researchers, political leaders, diplomats and […]
Washington Hosts International Aids Conference
About 25,000 of world’s top AIDS researchers, political leaders, diplomats and other stakeholders are gathering in Washington for Sunday’s International AIDS Conference. The biennial conference will take place through July 27 in the U.S. capital, a city faced with one of the nation’s highest rates of HIV infections. The HIV virus usually leads to AIDS […]