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Russian toddler contracts HIV from blood transfusion

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday April 16, 2013

Doctors in Russia accidentally infected a 16-month-old girl with HIV while giving her a blood transfusion, prosecutors said on Monday, launching a check into the case.

South Africa rolls out new single dose AIDS drug

Agence France-Presse | Monday April 8, 2013

South Africa's health minister on Monday launched a new single dose anti-AIDs drug which will simplify the world's biggest HIV treatment regime to just one life-saving pill a day.

Aurobindo Pharma gets tentative nod from US health regulator for anti-AIDS drug

Wednesday April 3, 2013

Drug firm Aurobindo Pharma today said it has received tentative approval from the US health regulator to manufacture and market its anti-AIDS combination drug Efavirenz/Emtricitabine and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate tablets in the American market.

Patent's defeat in India is key victory for generic drugs

Gardiner Harris, The New York Times | Monday April 1, 2013

The Indian Supreme Court rejected a Swiss drugmaker's patent application for a major cancer drug on Monday in a landmark ruling that will allow poor patients continued access to many of the world's best drugs, at least for a while.

US dentist put 7,000 patients at risk of HIV, other diseases

Agence France-Presse | Friday March 29, 2013

A dirty dentist placed 7,000 patients at risk of contracting HIV and other infectious diseases after failing to properly sterilize equipment at his Oklahoma practice, health officials warned on Thursday.

Minor girl contracted HIV after blood transfusion at govt hospital, claim relatives

Press Trust of India | Thursday March 28, 2013

An eight-year-old girl, suffering from thalassaemia, has been afflicted by HIV after blood transfusions at two government hospitals, including one in Wayanad district, her relatives claimed today.

Swiss man convicted for injecting 16 people with HIV-tainted blood

Agence France-Presse | Saturday March 23, 2013

A Swiss court on Friday sentenced a self-proclaimed healer to almost 13 years in prison for injecting 16 people with HIV-tainted blood and infecting them with the virus.

Health agencies warn of global Tuberculosis threat, funding gap

Reuters | Monday March 18, 2013

Deadly strains of tuberculosis (TB) resistant to multiple drugs are spreading around the world, and authorities urgently need another $1.6 billion a year to tackle them, global health officials said on Monday.

14,728 people died of HIV in Maharashtra since April 2009: report

Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 12, 2013

More than 14,500 people have died due to HIV in three-and-half years since April 2009 across Maharashtra, State Health Minister Suresh Shetty on Tuesday said.

Arson attack at NGO that looks after HIV+ children: no arrest yet

Written by Saurabh Gupta | Thursday March 7, 2013

It's been more than 48 hours since a mango orchard, owned by an NGO working for HIV positive children, was burnt down in Maharashtra but the police is yet to make any arrest. The orchard in Hasegaon village in Latur district was allegedly burnt down ...

US doctor's 'gutsy' move led to baby's cure from HIV

Reuters | Thursday March 7, 2013

The doctor who cured an HIV infected baby for the first time is happier talking to children than to adults and is finding all the attention since the news came out a little overwhelming.

Arson attack at NGO that looks after HIV+ children

Saurabh Gupta | Thursday March 7, 2013

In a setback to 32 HIV positive children in Hasegaon village in Latur district, locals here have allegedly burnt a mango orchard that used to finance an NGO working for these children.

First documented case of cured HIV

IANS, Washington | Tuesday March 5, 2013

For the first time, in path breaking, documented work, doctors have successfully managed to cure a child of HIV infection.Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins University described the first documented case of a child being cured of HIV. The landmark findings were announced at the 2013 Conference on Retr...

For first time, baby is cured of HIV, doctors say

Andrew Pollack and Donald G. Mcneil Jr., The New York Times | Monday March 4, 2013

Doctors announced on Sunday that a baby had been cured of an HIV infection for the first time, a startling development that could change how infected newborns are treated and sharply reduce the number of children living with the virus that causes AID...

For the first time, baby born with HIV cured through very early treatment

Reuters | Monday March 4, 2013

A baby girl in Mississippi who was born with HIV has been cured after very early treatment with standard HIV drugs, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday, in a potentially ground-breaking case that could offer insights on how to eradicate HIV infection...