Last Updated: Tuesday, August 22, 8:46 AM EDT
Launch our feature: The evolution of AIDS
Worldwide, nearly 40 million people are infected with HIV/AIDS and 25 million have died of the disease. To gain perspective on the pandemic around the globe and here at home, view our interactive feature
11/08/06
4:01 PM
Political leaders accused of AIDS genocide
Failure to invest heavily in fighting disease is crime, head of international body says
18/08/06
12:59 AM
Delivering vital medical care — on the house
Requests at the free health clinic range from HIV tests to leg-brace repair
17/08/06
12:03 AM
Drug access is critical, activists warn
Crisis looms for world's poorest countries in need of costly ‘second-line' medication
17/08/06
12:03 AM
Playing up the ‘play safe' message
For the first time, conference looks at sport as a tool for educating the next generation
17/08/06
12:03 AM
Microbicides a new champion in AIDS fight
Easy-to-apply gels could save millions through prevention, researchers say
15/08/06
11:35 PM
Economics
Bank charts disease's steep economic cost
Rich and poor nations must look beyond the humanitarian crisis that is HIV/AIDS and see that it will also devastate their economies
09/08/06
12:03 PM
Research
Genetic mutation acts as a shield
Why do some HIV patients fare better than others?
12/08/06
1:06 AM
The smartest virus in history?
Medical reporter Carolyn Abraham charts the course of a global pandemic
12/08/06
12:57 AM
New HIV drug appears to be ‘very potent'
Rapid reduction in patients' viral load a promising outcome of early clinical trials
13/08/06
11:34 PM
Four-drug cocktail no better, study finds
Triple mixture just as good at curbing HIV
13/08/06
11:50 PM
In quest for vaccine, failure becomes an effective teacher
Company looks to repeat 3TC feat
Drug in development has 'completely new mechanism of action'
12/08/06
10:32 AM
The race is on for Canadian firms
HIV 'too clever' for single approach, so combining drugs could be best way to keep it at bay
12/08/06
10:32 AM
Drug holds promise of new first-line AIDS treatment
Research into a new family of drugs to be unveiled at AIDS Conference is raising hopes that there could soon be another first-line treatment against HIV
09/08/06
12:23 PM
Opinions
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AIDS conference
These meetings may have grown unwieldy, but they are important, writes Joe Amon of Human Rights Watch.
15/08/06
7:50 AM
Canada's generic drug law is all talk, no action
Despite the Jean Chr?tien Pledge to Africa, not a single generic antiretroviral has made its way to world's poorest patients via the program in two years, writes Rachel Kiddell-Monroe
14/08/06
12:04 PM
Born to be infected: We still can't protect our girls
The violation of women's rights continues to fuel the spread of HIV/AIDS, says Dorothy Aken'Ova
08/08/06
8:35 AM
Editorial: The AIDS imperative
Somehow Ottawa must find a better way to tackle AIDS
09/08/06
12:18 PM
Conference news
‘Rational discussion' scarce at AIDS conference, Clement says
Activists and “so-called experts” have skewed dialogue towards grandstanding political demands, Health Minister says
18/08/06
6:11 PM
A fine balance between rights and successful HIV testing
Testing is one of the great conundrums of AIDS, something people are wrestling with all over Africa
15/08/06
12:57 AM
Pressure mounts to keep injection site
Supporters of a safe-injection site for IV drug users demand to know whether federal government was going to renew its legal exemption
16/08/06
1:02 AM
The African state: an AIDS survivor
They aren't thriving, but the countries hit worst by disease refuse to collapse, Stephanie Nolen finds
10/08/06
12:59 PM
A 'lucky' few survived the early days of AIDS14
In the mid- '80s, a diagnosis of HIV was almost a death sentence; today, new therapies offer hope for long lives
09/08/06
12:23 AM
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AIDS pandemic puts grandparents on the front line
More than half of all orphaned children in hardest-hit African countries live with grandparents
12/08/06
3:54 PM
Lewis urges action in AIDS war
UN's special envoy issues 'direct challenge' for PM to back global four-point platform
10/08/06
2:53 PM
Bold shift proposed in AIDS battle
Researcher's controversial idea: Curb transmission by dispensing drugs to all with HIV
09/08/06
9:35 AM
The war on AIDS hits home
Education, prevention must be priorities, because many Canadians view the disease as a distant global problem, experts say
08/08/06
12:52 AM
More treatment equals less transmission?
B.C. experts to launch pilot study in Vancouver
16/08/06
12:13 PM
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