Sens. John Cary (D-Mass.) and Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), are proposing a bill that would fight Aids in other countries and at the same time lift a two-decade-long ban on visitors to the U.S. with HIV. Other countries that have the same ban include Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Libya and Russia.

Kerry, the co-author of the bill, pointed out that China has amended its policy and challenged the U.S. to "move beyond an antiquated, knee-jerk reaction" to persons with HIV

Sens. John Cary (D-Mass.) and Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), are proposing a bill that would fight Aids in other countries and at the same time lift a two-decade-long ban on visitors to the U.S. with HIV. Other countries that have the same ban include Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Libya and Russia.

Kerry, the co-author of the bill, pointed out that China has amended its policy and challenged the U.S. to "move beyond an antiquated, knee-jerk reaction" to persons with HIV

Drug maker Roche Holding AG has announced it will stop ongoing experiments for HIV treatment medicines after it determined their products did not result in any improvements compared to other drugs currently available.

The company, known for being the first to produce an anti-HIV treatment, will suspend current experiments being done on two other similar products as a response to the findings of a standard product review

Anti-retroviral drug therapy has slashed AIDS death rates to match those of uninfected people in the first five years after the virus attacks the body, new British research has found.

Since the introduction of anti-retroviral drugs such as Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's. Sustiva in 1996, the five-year, post-diagnosis survival for those infected sexually is now about equal to that of the general population

The New York City's Health Department wants to make all Bronx adults go through an HIV test every three years through "The Bronx Knows" campaign it will launch Friday. The push for the voluntary medical test is because of Bronx's unusually high death rates from AIDS among all boroughs in the U.S.

To ensure widespread availability of testing facilities, 40 emergency rooms and storefront clinics would provide voluntary testing procedure. Dr. Thomas Friden, the city's health commissioner, explained than anyone admitted to an emergency room for other ailments would be asked if they are willing to undergo an HIV test as well