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Visa refusal shines spotlight on China's HIV travel ban

A spotlight has fallen on China’s continued entry ban for HIV-positive foreigners after HIV-positive Australian novelist Robert Dessaix was refused entry to the country. Dessaix had planning to attend the Shanghai International... more>

Rates of new HIV diagnoses amongst US gay men 44 times greater than those in other populations

HIV has a hugely disproportionate impact on gay and other men who have sex with men in the US, according to new figures released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Surveillance (CDC). Investigators calculated that the rate of new... more>

HIV-positive boys have reduced bone density

HIV-positive pubescent boys have significantly lower bone mineral content and density than their HIV-negative peers, US investigators report in the online edition of AIDS. The researchers also found that treatment with Kaletra... more>