The Israeli Ministry of Health has decided that a surgeon with HIV who is receiving antiretroviral treatment may return to carrying out invasive surgical procedures, providing that he or she maintains an undetectable viral load, follows... more>

No HIV-positive Korean patients tested positive for the gene associated with hypersensitivity to abacavir (Ziagen), investigators report in the February 1st edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. The... more>

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the public-health branch of the US Department of Health and Human Services, have identified 18 more HIV prevention programmes whose efficacy stands up to scientific scrutiny well enough... more>

today's news

• Israeli health ministry says HIV-positive surgeon very low risk to patients: surgeon returns to work
• Doubt cast on cost-effectiveness of HLA-B*5701 screening for Asian patients