The life-threatening disease of AIDS might be preventable and curable by 2031, the head of U.S. infectious disease research said Thursday.

Aggressive treatment of HIV infection shortly after infection has made it possible to live symptom-free without medicines for HIV patients

A Indian couple diagnosed with AIDS killed their three children and later committed suicide after learning that their six-year-old daughter was also diagnosed with HIV.

Babu Ishwar Thevar, 39, his wife, Amothi, 33, two sons Venkatesh, 10, and Mani, 8, and daughter, Mahalaxmi, 6, were found dead in their home on Tuesday night at their home here

Canada's health minister defended the government's position against safe injection sites at an AIDS conference here Wednesday.

The government supports needle exchanges as a legitimate intervention, but providing a site to facilitate the injection of illegal drugs is going too far, Tony Clement told the Globe and Mail in an interview here while attending the 17th International AIDS Conference

Inferior medical care for HIV-positive immigrant detainees threatens their health, and ultimately their lives, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday at the 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.

HRW told conferees that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - the agency charged with providing health care services to detainees - fails to ensure timely HIV prevention and treatment services, putting many at risk of infection, resistance to treatment, and even death

Treating HIV and AIDS patients earlier using early antiretroviral therapy might be effective, a U.S. researcher told the International AIDS Society on Monday.

Scott Hammer a Columbia University researcher and a member of the International AIDS Society-USA Panel indicated that new data he had analyzed in the field over the last two years suggests initiating therapy before CD4 cell count declines to less than 350/L