Jun 06 AIDS at 30: In Early Years, Uncertainty Fueled Fear and Confusion By Maureen Hoch When AIDS began sweeping through communities in the early 1980s, little was known about the disease -- except its deadly cost. Continue reading
May 30 Vatican Holds Line on Condoms at Conference By Talea Miller An AIDS conference hosted at the Vatican over the weekend quickly stamped out any lingering speculation that the Church might shift or broaden its policy against use of condoms to protect from HIV. Continue reading
May 27 Watch Catholic Church Looks to Lead Conversation on Combating HIV/AIDS Vatican Looks to Lead Conversation on Combating HIV/AIDS… Continue watching
May 17 Watch Study: Early Treatment ‘Extremely Impressive’ in Preventing HIV Spread Dramatic findings from a new clinical study show early HIV-AIDS treatment can help prevent the spread of the disease between sexual partners. Ray Suarez discusses what the findings suggest about using drugs for prevention of the disease with Dr. Anthony… Continue watching
May 16 Early HIV Treatment an Effective — But Costly — Prevention Method By Talea Miller HIV medication. Photo by AFP/Getty Get HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral treatment. Now. That's the message from the landmark new study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases showing that early treatment of HIV can help stop… Continue reading
May 11 Watch Ukraine Struggles to Curb HIV Epidemic Amid Drug Shortages, Political Hurdles Ukraine has the highest HIV infection rate in Europe and now there are fears its epidemic could spread to neighboring countries. Special correspondent Kira Kay reports from Ukraine on the health issue. Continue watching
Mar 24 Tuberculosis a Silent Killer Around the Globe By Talea Miller Thursday is World TB Day, bringing attention to the disease that kills an estimated 1.7 million people each year. Photographers look at the toll of the disease in Brazil, Afghanistan and India. Continue reading
Mar 24 South Africa Still Struggling with Deadly TB-HIV Epidemic By Ray Suarez Cape Town, South Africa (Photo courtesy United Nations) Thursday is World Tuberculosis Day. Ray Suarez reported on the toll of the deadly airborne disease in South Africa in 2009 as one of his first stories with the global health unit. Continue reading
Dec 01 Former Surgeon General Koop Calls AIDS ‘Forgotten Epidemic’ By Talea Miller Former Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop spoke with Ray Suarez for World AIDS Day. Continue reading
Nov 25 Art Program Aims to Help Children Affected by AIDS By Talea Miller One in every eight adults in Mozambique is infected with HIV, and many children in the country have lost a parent, or both parents, to the disease. An art program started by Save the Children in one rural village is… Continue reading