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

President George Bush on Wednesday approved $48 billion for fighting AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis around the world for next five years.

The amount authorized for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the successful U.S. global AIDS program, is $18 billion more than what Bush had requested. The measure will triple funding for these three diseases

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill authorizing $48 billion over the next five years to help treat and prevent AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria around the world. The measure, which will triple funding for these three diseases, is now sent to President George W. Bush, who is expected to sign it into law.

The amount authorized for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the successful U.S. global AIDS program, is $18 billion more than what Bush had requested. It would replace and expand the current $15 billion program started by the President in 2003. That act expires at the end of September

Canadian health authorities have signaled bakers to follow fast-food chains example in cutting down the trans fat content of their products.

The not-so-subtle hint came from MP Steven Fletcher, parliamentary secretary to Health Minister Tony Clement, who told the Toronto Star, "There is a possibility of regulation if industry doesn't meet the goals that have been outlined by the trans fat task force