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Namibia suspends the usage of the Russian made Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine amid reports from South Africa that the vaccine increases risk of men contracting HIV.
2021-10-23

A research team led by an evolutionary biologist at the University of Arizona publishes a paper in "Nature" on the genetic history of HIV proving that Gaëtan Dugas, the Canadian flight attendant who had been identified for years as "Patient Zero" of the AIDS epidemic in the U.S., did not spread the virus to the country. The study indicates that HIV first spread to the U.S. from the Caribbean around 1970.
2016-10-26

A study finds that taking the AIDS drug tenofovir greatly reduces the risk of HIV infection among intravenous drug users.
2013-06-12

Anti-retroviral drugs reduce the risk of people spreading HIV to uninfected partners by 96%, according to a new study.
2011-05-12

Pope Benedict XVI says his personal opinion is that condoms may be used "in exceptional cases" to combat HIV-AIDS, but the Vatican says it has not changed its policy on contraception.
2010-11-21

The Pope encounters thousands of Facebook protesters after a seven-week online campaign against his views on contraception and HIV-AIDS.
2010-05-11

The inaugural African Grandmother Gathering convenes in Swaziland to discuss HIV-AIDS.
2010-05-6

South African President Jacob Zuma announces that he is HIV-negative in an effort to promote AIDS awareness.
2010-04-25

Washington, D.C. is to become the first American city to hand out free female condoms in the battle against HIV-AIDS.
2010-03-6

A petition featuring 450,000 international names in opposition of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill is given to the speaker of parliament, Edward Ssekandi, by an Anglican priest and an HIV-AIDS activist.
2010-03-1