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In Court

Blame's on chimps

HIV treatment centres run short of CD4 kits

AIDS control organisation assures protesting activists that kits needed for initiating anti-retroviral treatment will be made available in a day

Most comprehensive study on HIV, malaria, TB shows major progress in the millennium

Funding and policy have had real impact in combating the diseases, although challenges remain

HIV's ability to cause AIDS weakening, says new research

The virus might gradually become almost harmless, say virologists

HIV can be edited out of genome

Unlike currently available drugs, a new technology provides tool to target dormant HIV in the body

ILO push to stop discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS at work place

The International Labour Organisation (ILO), in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment and the National AIDS Control …

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SOUTH AFRICA

A palliative gesture

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Health ministry rubbishes AIDS headcount

Science & Technology - Briefs

Flourishing unaided

The AIDS epidemic shows no sign of abating with five million new cases reported in 2001

Double standards

The US government procures generic drugs for anthrax from a non-patent holder

A bitter dose

Multinational drug firms gang up against a company that wants to produce cheaper generics

Will HIV bill reach House?

Disease that never was

AIDS: THE FAILURE OF CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE·Neville Hodgkinson·£17.99· Fourth Estate, London

Seminars promote patents

Cipla puts US law school on notice     

Poor access to healthcare hits HIV eradication goal

UNICEF says its global goal of reducing new HIV infections in children by 90 per cent between 2009 and 2015 is still out of reach

What caused HIV/AIDS to explode?

Social forces drive viral pandemics, say scientists

Bureaucracy has no idea about health care trends

T Jacob John , professor of virology and paediatrics at Christian Medical College, Vellore, speaks to Raj Kishor Khaware on the state of health …

Tackling a menace

VIRUS: THE CO-DISCOVERER OF HIV TRACKS ITS RAMPAGE AND CHARTS THE FUTURE·Luc Montagnier, Stephen Sartarelli (Translator)· W W …