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Health officials said Thursday they are recommending that any person living with HIV be offered AIDS drugs as soon as they are diagnosed with the virus, an aggressive move that has been shown to prolong life and stem the spread of the disease.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Health officials said Thursday they are recommending that any person living with HIV be offered AIDS drugs as soon as they are diagnosed with the virus, an aggressive move that has been shown to prolong life and stem the spread of the disease....

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New research finds that people living with HIV are less likely to pass the virus on to their partners if they begin drug treatment immediately..

(SAGE Publications) During the decade since the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy, or 1996-2006, mortality among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) sharply decreased in the United States.

So, too, did the percentages of PLWHA deaths attributable to AIDS-defining illnesses, just as there was a marked increase in the percentage of deaths attributable to heart, kidney and liver disease.

On December 1, World AIDS Day, we will pause to reflect on the HIV epidemic in our country and around the world.

In the U.S., an estimated 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV ─ and one out of five does not know it.

Worldwide, there are an estimated 33 million individuals with HIV.

VIENNA (MedPage Today) -- After the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) among people living with HIV infection, the number of patients being treated grew fivefold in one Canadian province but the number of new cases has been cut in half.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the release of more than $1.84 billion to ensure that people living with HIV/AIDS continue to have access to life-saving health care and medications.

More than 3 percent of District residents older than 12 are living with HIV or AIDS, an epidemic rate of infection that continues to worry city health officials.

But a report on the disease released Wednesday offered hope: New AIDS cases and AIDS-related deaths have dropped steadily in the past f...

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