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12/12 The Observer	YOUNG STILL IGNORANT	P	Forty per cent of British 11-year olds have never heard of Aids, according to a study which shows young people are becoming worryingly more ignorant..
12/12 The Guardian	CHINA WAKES UP	P	Epidemic fear forces more openness, but stigma remains. China may have 10mil HIV or Aids cases within the next decade, a senior UN official warned yesterday
12/12 REUTERS	OLDER PATIENTS	P	Today, at 66 years old, Fowler is deep into her new life's work, running the National Association on HIV Over 50 speaking around the country about being older and infected with a virus that is stigmatized as...
12/12 REUTERS	U.S. SENATE $	P	The US Senate on Wednesday night approved $415 million in international aid next year geared toward prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS.
12/12 REUTERS	ELTON JOHN	P	Sting, Bon Jovi and Matchbox Twenty are among the names that will team up with Elton John for his annual benefit concert for the Elton John AIDS Foundation December 12th a the Universal Amp.
12/12 REUTERS	STEREOTYPES	P	This year's World AIDS Campaign will focus on challenging cultural perceptions of masculinity that contribute to the spread of HIV and AIDS worldwide, according to the United Nations.
12/12 REUTERS	ASIAN DANGER	PS	The spread of AIDS in Asia risks rising exponentially unless renewed prevention efforts are undertaken in the next few years, health experts told a regional conference on Saturday.
12/12 REUTERS	VACCINE	S	Scientists are increasingly optimistic that an AIDS vaccine will be available in the next 6 to 10 years, although the first one may not be 100% effective, researchers said on Sunday.
12/12 REUTERS	NEW AIDS DRUG	S	A revolutionary new AIDS drug, which could help thousands of people who fail to respond to conventional therapy, has produced promising results in clinical trials, researchers said on Tuesday.
12/10 REUTERS	TREATMENT HOLIDAY	S	Antiviral HIV drugs may be just as effective, cheaper and less toxic when taken as an on-again, off-again regimen, findings of a small study suggest.
12/10 REUTERS	HONG KONG VIDEO	P	A Hong Kong AIDS awareness group has launched the most candid publicity campaign yet in the territory--an explicit video about the dangers of having sex with prostitutes across the border in mainland China.

12/10 AP	GARLIC STUDY	S	Garlic supplements, often taken in hopes of lowering cholesterol, can seriously interfere with drugs used to treat the AIDS virus, a new federal study concludes.
11/15 NYTIMES	STRESS	PS	Stress, long thought to play a role in many diseases, appears to be an ally of the AIDS virus in its attack on the immune system, researchers said this week.
11/15 LATIMES	RUSSIA HIGHEST	P	Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union now have the fastest-rising rates of HIV infection in the world
11/15 REUTERS	ASIA-PACIFIC MINISTERS	P	While world attention is focused on the crisis caused by the deadly attacks on the United States, Asia-Pacific ministers warned on Wednesday that HIV/AIDS also posed a serious threat of destabilisation.
11/15 REUTERS	RISKY BEHAVIOR	P	- Women who were physically, verbally or sexually abused as children are more likely to engage in dangerous sexual behaviors as adults...
11/15 REUTERS	HIGH CONTAGEON	S	HIV may be highly transmissible before an infected person has the first, flu-like symptoms or before HIV tests can pick up the virus
11/15 REUTERS	MULTINATIONALS	P	A consortium of multinational corporations has released a report encouraging companies doing business in Africa to make the fight against HIV and AIDS part of their business plans.
11/15 REUTERS	BRISTOL-MEYERS	S	A new AIDS drug being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co appears to avoid the fat-in-blood problems experienced by patients taking other similar medicines, a conference was told on Monday.
11/15 BBC NEWS	COMPLACENCY	P	HIV awareness campaigns were run in the 1980s MPs are concerned that the public has become too complacent about the continuing threat posed by HIV and Aids
11/15 365Gay.com	CONDUMS	P	In a controversial move, South Africa has given more than 100,000 census takers condoms to carry with them as they make their rounds.
10/31 TIMES-PICAYUNE	SENEGAL SETS EXAMPLE	PS	While other African heads of state were debating whether HIV causes AIDS or whether the disease would infect anybody other than gay men, the government of Senegal was going about the much more important business of protecting its citizens from the virus.
10/31 THE AGE	5 MILLION MAY DIE	PS	A devastating report on AIDS, suppressed by the South African Government because it identifies the disease as the country's largest killer and predicts millions more deaths.
10/17 REUTERS	S. AFRICA'S BIGGEST KILLER	PS	The MRC report, initially blocked by Mbeki's cabinet, said that without government intervention or a change in sexual behavior, HIV and AIDS would account for 66% of all deaths by 2010.

10/07 REUTERS	SCIENTISTS	S	Scientists have identified a protein in normal body cells that appears to help HIV spread throughout the body. They speculate that drugs designed to block this protein could leave HIV stranded in certain cells, unable to spread and progress to AIDS.
10/05 REUTERS	UN SEC. GENERAL	P	UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan met with top officials of seven major drug companies on Thursday to renew efforts to bring down the cost of treating AIDS in the world's poorest countries, a spokesman said.
10/05 AP	ASIAN CONFERENCE	P	MELBOURNE, Australia - Delegates at an AIDS conference warned governments in Asia and the Pacific on Friday that they can no longer ignore an epidemic that has infected 6.4 million people in the region and is spreading quickly.
10/05 AP	DRUG DELIVERY	P	BASEL, Switzerland - With AIDS drug prices slashed for the poorest countries, the problem now is how to get the vital medicine delivered to people with the disease, the head of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Friday.
10/04 AP	AIDS IN ASIA	P	After more than a decade of relatively low rates of infection, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has begun spreading rapidly through Asia and the Pacific region, according to a report released Thursday.
10/04 REUTERS	ASIAN EPIDEMIC	P	Prostitutes in China, Indonesia and Vietnam are falling victim to "explosive'' AIDS epidemics which will spread to their customers' wives and girlfriends, a U.N.-funded report said on Thursday.
10/02 FREEP	PUBLIC ENEMY	P	Few issues are more important than the growing numbers of people who are contracting the virus that causes AIDS.

10/02 REUTERS	NIGERIA	P	Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has approved the setting up of an agency to coordinate government efforts to contain the spread of HIV/AIDS in his country, officials said on Wednesday.
10/01 GUARDIAN	TANZANIA TROOPS	PS	A company owned by the South African government has been testing an HIV/Aids treatment made from burnt coal on Tanzanian soldiers without the approval of the Tanzanian authorities.
10/02 MONITOR	SWAZI KING	P	Swazi King revives tradition to fight AIDS. King Mswati III of Swaziland orders girls to wear 'tassels of chastity' on their heads. Violators face a one-cow fine.
10/02 REUTERS	NEW DRUG	S	Gilead Sciences Inc.'s experimental drug Viread on Tuesday received a favorable review from U.S. regulatory scientists, who said the pill appeared to help reduce levels of the deadly HIV virus.
10/01 PLANETOUT	OREGON REQUIRES	P	On Monday Oregon became the latest state to require doctors to report the names of adult patients who test positive for HIV.
9/28 AP	NEW AIDS TEST	S	The government has approved the first gene-based test to tell quickly whether an HIV patient's virus is mutating to make a particular drug therapy fail, important to know so the person can switch AIDS medications.
9/28 REUTERS	JAPANESE SCANDAL	P	A Japanese court on Friday found a former Health Ministry official guilty of negligence in connection with a scandal that exposed thousands to HIV through tainted blood products, but gave him a suspended sentence.

9/27 REUTERS	IV USERS	PS	Many IV Drug Users with HIV Don't Get Medications - Although the number of HIV-infected injection drug users who take anti-HIV medications is on the increase, many may not be aware they are eligible for treatment with such medications, according to a researchers.
9/27 REUTERS	CANCER	S	Suppression of the immune system in patients with HIV increases the risk of some types of cancer that are not specifically related to AIDS, according to a report.
9/27 LA TIMES	NEW DEMOGRAPHICS	P	Reflecting national trends, the number of new AIDS cases in Los Angeles County--which crested 11 years after the epidemic was officially recognized in 1981--has declined dramatically in recent years. But the disease, which began among gay men, is striking a far broader range of victims.
9/27 REUTERS	CHILDREN'S IMMUNE SYSTEM	S	The immune system of HIV-infected children appears to undergo accelerated aging, according to a report published in the September issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
9/27 USA	GEHRIGS TREATED	S	Gehrig's Fatal Nerve Disease Responds Positively to HIV Treatments - Following anti-HIV treatment, two French patients and a 32-year-old woman from New York recovered completely from the nerve disease, which was thought to be fatal in all cases, doctors report in today's Neurology.
9/27 HERALD	TO THE NET	PB	HIV Outreach Taken to Net Chat Rooms - with the AIDS epidemic in its third decade, Cohen and a cadre of national AIDS-prevention advocates are invading chat rooms to get the attention of those most at risk of HIV infection.
9/27 REUTERS	SIMILAR TO GEHRIGS	S	Scientists report that HIVmay trigger cases of a neurological disorder similar to ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Unlike normal ALS, which is always fatal, symptoms of the HIV-related neurological disorder stopped progressing or improved once patients began therapy to treat HIV.

9/27 REUTERS	FAT DISTRIBUTION	S	The longer HIV-infected patients are on the drug regimen called highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), the more likely they are to develop abnormalities in fat distribution, according to researchers in France.
9/27 REUTERS	S. AFRICA OPPOSES	P	The South African government will oppose a court bid by AIDS campaigners to force it to provide drugs that cut mother-to-child HIV transmission at birth, their Health Minister said.
9/27 GAZETTE	NEEDLE EXCHANGE	PS	Thanks to a life-saving decision by the Allegheny County Board of Health, the exchange of clean needles for intravenous drug users may soon come out from underground. The likely result would be a reduction in the spread of AIDS and hepatitis.
9/27 LA TIMES	NEVER TOO YOUNG	PB	Hydeia L. Broadbent, only 16, wages her own fight against the disease that has infected her. She tells people at a church event that it could happen to them.
9/27 LA TIMES	NEW STRATEGIES	P	New Strategies in AIDS Prevention - Outreach efforts are adjusted as the disease spreads to more diverse populations. The disease continues to spread increasingly among heterosexuals and minorities.
9/27 ADVOCATE	AIDS GROUP LOSES MILLIONS	P	New York City AIDS groups have lost millions of dollars due to interrupted services and unexpected costs for emergency food and shelter for their clients in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the city's World Trade Center
9/26 FRONTIERS	FIGHTING DESPERATION	P	AIDS treatment in one of the world's hardest hit countries begins with the opening of a unique facility a partnership between two aids organizations, a S. African and AHF.

9/22 AP	LIBYA	P	Libyan judges put off a verdict in the case of seven foreigners accused of injecting 393 children with the AIDS virus, saying Saturday that they needed more time to study defense arguments.
9/22 IRISH TIMES	COUNSELING	PS	Early counseling of hemophiliacs diagnosed with HIV and hepatitis C could have limited the psychological damage resulting from their infection, the Lindsay tribunal heard yesterday.
9/21 AP	LAWSUIT	PB	Federal officials have sued a grocery store on behalf of a 16-year-old who says she was fired from her job bagging groceries because she has the AIDS virus.
9/21 REUTERS	ITALY ACCUSATIONS	P	An investigation into accusations that former representatives of the Italian Ministry of Health allowed blood products contaminated with HIV to be used despite the availability of tests
9/21 REUTERS	S. AFRICA 5 MIL DEATHS PREDICT	P	South African insurance actuaries, worried about the impact of AIDS on that industry, said on Friday that five million people could die of AIDS in the next decade if there is no widespread change in sexual behavior or medical intervention.
9/20 FRONTIERS	INSTITUTING CHANGE	P	By any standard the situation is stark: African-Americans account for 45% of all new AIDS cases in the United States, even though they make up only 12% of the population.
9/20 FRONTIERS	HIV NEGATIVE	PB	Four HIV-Negative Men Talk About Sex, HIV Testing and Relationships 20 Years Into the AIDS Epidemic

9/19 REUTERS	UK UPSURGE	P	A rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the UK could be an early warning sign of an imminent upsurge in new cases of HIV and AIDS, experts warned on Tuesday.
9/19 LA TIMES	ST. LOUIS MAYOR	P	The mayor ordered the removal of nine taxpayer-funded billboards aimed at raising AIDS awareness, including eight that show two shirtless black men embracing with the caption, "Brothers Loving Brothers Safely."
9/19 LA TIMES	BIOTECH FEUD	PS	A biotechnology company founded by Jonas Salk ended its multimillion-dollar feud Tuesday with the University of California, San Francisco
9/19 LA TIMES	S.A. DRUGS TOO EXPENSIVE	P	Although pharmaceutical companies have cut the price of AIDS medication, South Africa still cannot afford to provide the drugs through the public health system, the health minister said Thursday.
9/19 REUTERS	DRUG COMPANIES COMPLAIN	P	Leaders of the international pharmaceutical industry warned on Wednesday that research and development into AIDS drugs could dry up if current global trading rules on patents were loosened.
9/19 REUTERS	POSSIBLE PROTECTION	PS	Because the diaphram protects the cervix and upper reproductive tract, which are vulnerable to infection, it could be an effective HIV prevention method when combined with microbicide, researchers suggest.
9/19 LA TIMES	BRAZIL PROGRAM	PS	An international medical relief group said Thursday it planned to use Brazil's anti-AIDS program and AIDS drugs -- including locally made copies of patented medicines -- in other developing countries.

9/18 REUTERS	S. AFRICA DEATHS	PS	South Africa's Medical Research Council said on Tuesday it would release official figures on AIDS-related deaths between 1997 and 2000 by the end of the year.
9/18 REUTERS	OLD TREATMENT	S	Perhaps one in five HIV-infected patients appear to remain stable on treatment with an older form of antiretroviral therapy, which suggests some could be spared the toxicity of highly active antiretroviral therapy
9/17 REUTERS	TRACKING HIV	PS	Surveillance systems set up to track the HIV/AIDS epidemic are ``poorly functioning'' or even ''non-existent'' in some 40% of the world's nations, according to an article in a recent issue of the journal AIDS.
9/16 NY TIMES	CHINESE FAMILY	PB	A Chinese Family's Ordeal in a Nation in Denial of AIDS
9/14 PLANETout	BLOOD DONATIONS	P	Despite wanting to help the victims of this week's terrorism, gay men still cannot donate blood and are being turned away from donation centers.
9/12 DUSN	HOW HIV CELLS	S	New three-dimensional images from researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute provide the fullest picture yet of how the AIDS virus blunts the immune system's ability to mount an attack against infections and cancer.
9/12 DUSN	MAUFACTURING DRUGS	S	Using bacteria as factories to produce drugs could be safer, cheaper and more efficient than traditional chemical manufacturing methods

9/11 LA TIMES	HOUSING	P	Casa Alegria provides affordable apartments and a caring community in Silver Lake for people suffering from the virus.
9/10 REUTERS	RISKY BEHAVIOR	PS	Despite concerns that participants in AIDS vaccine trials might feel a false sense of security and engage in more risky sexual behaviors, the results of one study show that most such participants actually reduce such behaviors.
9/10 REUTERS	S. AFRICA TRIALS	PS	South Africa is ready for its first AIDS vaccine trial, according to Dr. William Makgoba, president of the Medical Research Council in Cape Town.
9/10 REUTERS	DUTCH STUDY	PS	Only about half of HIV-infected patients in a study published Sunday were found to be taking their antiretroviral drugs according to directions, opening the way to treatment failure and possible drug resistance.
9/10 EGPAF	EGPAF GRANTS	P	In an attempt to help control the AIDS epidemic in developing nations, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation announced the creation of the International Leadership Award program
9/10 ADVOCATE	SHARON STONE	PB	Sharon Stone--who has worked for years to raise funds and visibility for AIDS research, HIV service organizations, and gay rights groups--will make her directing debut this fall with a public service television commercial...
9/08 ADVOCATE	BAPTISTS	P	Baptist camp bans health conference for teens

9/08 REUTERS	UK GUIDELINES	S	The British HIV Association on Thursday formally announced new HIV treatment guidelines that call for an even longer wait before drug therapy begins.
9/08 REUTERS	VACCINE FIGHTS	S	An HIV vaccine based on a live, weakened virus has shown promise in preliminary research in monkeys, protecting all seven vaccinated animals from progressing to AIDS-like disease.
9/08 REUTERS	VACCINE CONF	S	The first international AIDS vaccine conference opened here Wednesday night on a cautiously optimistic note. There is a new optimism in the international scientific community that an AIDS vaccine will ultimately be possible.
9/07 REUTERS	BRAZIL TARGETS OLDER	PS	Brazil's health ministry said on Thursday it is stepping up efforts to prevent the spread of AIDS among older people with education campaigns and the distribution of condoms.
9/07 LA TIMES	PROMISING RESULTS	S	For 600 days and counting, monkeys given an experimental new AIDS vaccine have survived with no signs of illness despite exposure to lethal doses of virus, raising hopes that scientists may be headed at last toward an effective vaccine for people.
9/07 ZIMBABWE	FOOD PRODUCTION	P	AIDS has killed up to seven million people working in agriculture in the 25 hardest-hit African countries, seriously disrupting food production, a conference on sustainable food security heard in Bonn on Tuesday.
9/07 LA TIMES	VACCINE-INFECTED	S	Vaccines intended to protect people from getting AIDS may also work as a treatment for those already infected, boosting their immune system so they can temporarily stop taking AIDS drugs.

9/07 REUTERS	VACCINE	S	Patients with HIV given a new vaccine were able to keep levels of the virus in their blood down even after they stopped taking the potent cocktail of anti-AIDS drugs known as highly active antiretroviral therapy
9/06 REUTERS	HORMONE TREATMENT	S	Recombinant human growth hormone (GH) may become a new treatment option for people suffering from abnormal body fat distribution associated with HIV infection, according to the results of a recent pilot study.
9/06 LA TIMES	VIRUS HELPS	S	An apparently harmless and relatively common virus discovered only six years ago allows HIV-positive people to live substantially longer by slowing the progression to full-blown AIDS, researchers report today in two new studies.
9/01 NY TIMES	WOMEN	PS	"In the past, I never allowed myself to think about having a baby or even look at a baby." said Dr. Prager, who was infected with H.I.V. 15 years ago after being pricked by a needle residency. "But now, everything has changed, and I suddenly have the opportunity to have a child."
9/01 ADVOCATE	SWEDEN	PS	The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control reports that the number of new HIV cases in the country increased by 48% in the first half of 2001 compared with the same period last year.
8/31 REUTERS	DRUG RESISTANT	PS	By 2005, nearly half of all HIV patients in San Francisco will not respond to drugs now used to treat the disease, due mostly to inaccurate use of those drug regimens by doctors, a study reported on Thursday.
8/30 FRONTIERS	TREATMENTS IN PIPELINE	S	If the future of HIV/AIDS treatment could be described in terms of a weather forecast, then the immediate outlook is rather sunny and bright, followed by a medium-term drought with hopes of a rather encouraging climate change in the coming years. At the moment, there are five drugs close to approval or well on their way to approval.

8/30 NY TIMES	MOST NOT AWARE OF HIV	S	More than 40 percent of HIV-positive Americans don't know they are infected until just before developing full-blown AIDS, sometimes missing out on a decade or more of treatment, suggests a government study released Tuesday.
8/30 LA TIMES	CDC FEARS MAJOR RESURGENCE	SP	"For the last two to three years, we have seen signs that have suggested that there really could be a resurgence" said Dr. Helene Gayle. "Increasingly, the drumbeat is louder and louder . . . that there is cause for real concern." Gayle announced the new data at the second National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta.
8/30 LA TIMES	BREEDING GROUNDS FOR HIV	SP	Prisons are breeding grounds for HIV, but officials ignore problem.
8/30 NY TIMES	CDC CONCERNED	SP	The declines in the number of Americans contracting AIDS and those dying of the disease are leveling off, signaling a disturbing turning point in the 20-year epidemic, federal health officials said Monday.
8/30 ADVOCATE	PRISONERS	SP	Former president Bill Clinton, speaking Wednesday at the annual Rainbow/PUSH Coalition convention in Chicago, called for increased HIV prevention, testing, and treatment for U.S. prisoners, the Chicago Tribune reports.
8/30 ADVOCATE	AIDS IN CHINA	SP	For the first time the Chinese government has admitted that Henan province in central China faces a serious AIDS crisis, BBC News reports.
8/30 ADVOCATE	AIDS PREVENTION CONFERENCE	SP	Health issues of concern to men who have sex with men, gaps in HIV testing, and the rise of HIV infections in communities of color will be among the topics addressed at the 2001National HIV Prevention Conference, to be held August 12-15 in Atlanta.

8/30 NY TIMES	OZZFEST FIGHTS AIDS	BP	This is the second year Mr. Abrego has crossed the country with Ozzfest, living with the tour crew and setting up a stand at each of 40 concerts to answer questions about safe sex, distribute free condoms and refer people to volunteers from local organizations for AIDS testing and treatment.
8/30 NY TIMES	A MOTHERS DEFIANCE	BP	Valerie Emerson had been ready to disappear by the time the judge reached his decision. That's how certain Emerson was that she would lose custody of her son Nikolas--because of her refusal to treat the boy with powerful AIDS drugs. She never wavered.
8/30 FRONTIERS	AIDS COCKTAIL	SPB	Chris Bennett readily accepted the reality of his own diagnosis in 1993. He was positive he would die, shortly and without question. His whole world, changed when he went on the AIDS cocktail in 1996.
8/15 LA TIMES	A CHILLING PORTRAIT	SP	The nation's AIDS prevention efforts are hobbled by delayed testing, sporadic safe-sex education from physicians, and continued risky behavior among infected people, according to a series of studies released Tuesday.
7/10 S.F.CHRON	VACCINE ELUSIVE	S	AIDS has been the motivator in gathering tremendous scientific knowledge but experts discuss why a vaccine remains elusive
7/10 S.F.CHRON	GRANDFATHERS	P	Grandfathers and Mothers, people from all walks of life with HIV and AIDS traveled from every continent to share their stories Tuesday in moving testimonials that drew an audience of government officials, AIDS experts and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
7/10 S.F.CHRON	NEW INFECTIONS	SP	New wave of infections hitting minorities hardest. Efforts to promote safe sex breaking down.

7/10 S.F.CHRON	UN AIDS CONF CLOSES	P	In the first global approach to battling a disease, the United Nations adopted an AIDS blueprint Wednesday setting tough targets for reducing infection rates and protecting the rights of people with the virus.
7/10 S.F.CHRON	LOSS OF FRIENDS	P	Dave Ford, Chronicle staff writer discusses what it was like in the 80's. "It is difficult to convey the sense of shock, grief and loss most of us felt back then. Do you know what it is like to lose half --or all -- of your friendship circle before you're 30? "
7/10 S.F.CHRON	ONLY THE BEGINNING	P	Two decades into the epidemic, the outbreak of AIDS in America turned out to be just a foreshock, an early warning of a worldwide pandemic the likes of which have not been seen since the Black Death of the Middle Ages, 23,500,000 dead to date!
7/03 S.F.CHRON	POWER OF THE QUILT	BP	"A few months after Marvin's death, Durant and I made the first two panels of what would become the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. For the first time since Marvin died, I was able to think and talk about him without unbearable pain. I realized then the power of the Quilt, not only as a memorial but as a call to action, a weapon against AIDS and the parallel epidemic of hysteria, bigotry and hate which it had unleashed."
7/03 S.F.CHRON	A CHANGED WORLD	P	An excellent article by the medical/science writer of the San Francisco Chronicle discusses the many ways that that AIDS has changed the very fabric of society.
7/03 S.F.CHRON	FINDING HOPE	B	Finding hope after the devastation - AIDS victim begins new life despite his disease and the pain and loss it has brought to his life - A very moving personal account from a man who did not expect to see the new millennium.
7/03 NY TIMES	8th RETROVIRUS CONF	S	20 Years After AIDS Emerges, HIV's Complexities Still Loom Large - Those complexities were readily evident here at the 8th Annual Retrovirus Conference, where some 3000 participants gathered to hear reports of the latest findings.

7/03 NY TIMES	AFRICA IN DEBT	P	Africa with 70% of the worlds AIDS cases are is awash in intl. debt. Countries seek relief at the UN so more funds can be dedicated to the pandemic. If the debt is not canceled, the fight against AIDS in Africa will surely be lost.
7/03 LA TIMES	CORPORATIONS FUND	P	Moves by corporations outside the pharmaceutical industry to get involved in the AIDS fight have been welcomed at the United Nations. But some activists wonder if the initiatives constitute good will or just good public relations.
7/03 LA TIMES	VOICE OF AFRICA	BP	A 19 year old Nigerian Girl who found out at 17 she was HIV+ addresses the United Nations "I am the face of HIV/AIDS. There are millions more like me. If you don't act immediately, there will be millions more to come."
7/03 LA TIMES	HOPE AT UN SUMMIT	P	"The magnitude of the crisis is finally beginning to sink in," said Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who recently declared the issue of AIDS "a personal priority."
6/24 NY TIMES	UN CONFERENCE	P	Two decades after the first AIDS case was reported, the United Nations on Monday opens a high-level conference to combat the disease killing 5 million adults a year and creating a generation of orphans.
6/24 NY TIMES	HOLBROOKE	P	Five months after he left the United Nations as the United States ambassador, Richard C. Holbrooke is bounding back into the international arena, this time on behalf of the fight against AIDS.
6/24 LA TIMES	DONATIONS	P	Gates' pledge of $100 million and other gifts seem to have saved program after it became clear that the U.N. would not be running it.

6/24 ADVOCATE	CONDOMS	P	A recent survey by the Kaiser Foundation shows that 7 out of 10 Americans favor having condoms advertised on television.
6/21 FRONTIERS	REMEMBRANCE OF AN EPIDEMIC	P	The late author Paul Monette used to say: "I don't just want a cure. I want all my friends back." This chronology with pictures will bring tears - well done - another must read.
6/16 ADVOCATE	SAFE SEX COUNSELING	PS	Safer-sex counseling for gays may backfire.
6/16 ADVOCATE	MORE FEDERAL FUNDS	P	Minority leaders call for more FED money to fight HIV/AIDS.
6/16 ADVOCATE	PROTEASE INHIBITOR	S	Protease inhibitor–resistant HIV might not adversely affect T-cell counts.
6/16 FRONTIERS	SCENES FROM AN EPIDEMIC	PB	"We still don't know how to fix our broken immune systems." Jeff Getty, 2001 Quotes and discussions by voices of the past and the present - A true chronology presented in a unique format. A must read!!!
6/16 FRONTIERS	STILL WITH US AFTER 20 YEARS	P	After 20 Years and Millions of Deaths, We Continue to Grapple With AIDS EXCELLENT CHRONOLOGY/EDITORIAL FROM FRONTIERS NEWS MAG.

6/16 LA TIMES	NEW CORPORATE SPONSORS	P	Charity: As Tanqueray gin ends support for annual bicycle ride, organizers say several large firms are waiting in the wings.
6/16 LA TIMES	E. EUROPE HIT HARD	P	Eastern Europe and former Soviet republics are being overwhelmed by a surge in AIDS cases, an organizer of a regional conference on fighting the disease said Wednesday.
6/16 LA TIMES	A DRAMATIC APPROACH	P	Asian Youth Center in San Gabriel prepares to stage play that teaches teens about AIDS.
6/14 ADVOCATE	NEVER AGAIN	P	It’s been 20 years since it began, and now the holocaust of AIDS is threatening to decimate a new generation of gay men—not to mention the continent of Africa. How can we not have learned better by now?
6/07 ADVOCATE	EXPERIMENTAL AIDS DRUG	S	Researchers have developed an experimental HIV medication that is 2 million timesmore potent than AZT.
6/07 ADVOCATE	H.H. SECRETARY COMMITMENT	P	Department of Health and Human Services secretary Tommy Thompson on Tuesday affirmed the Bush administration’s commitment to fighting AIDS.
6/07 FRONTIERS	AIDS VACCINE A PROMISE IS NOT ENOUGH	SP	Efforts to develop an AIDS vaccine are showing renewed promise, but they desperately need increased funding and coordination in order to realize their potential, declared the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition.

6/06 LA TIMES	NEW STRAGETIES PREVENTION	P	Disease continues to disproportionately affect gay men, spreading among heterosexuals and minorities. As women, Blacks and Latinos become infected health workers have had to adjust their messages.
6/05 LA TIMES	12 YEAR OLD AIDS ACTIVIST DIES	B	Nikosi Johnson a 12 year old from S. Africa who stood up and spoke out.
6/05 LA TIMES	ALARMING JUMP IN AIDS RATE	SP	Two decades after the discovery of AIDS, a new government survey suggests gay men and bisexuals too young to remember the disease's explosive first years are contracting it at alarming rates.
6/05 LA TIMES	AIDS WALK - ORANGE COUNTY, CA	BP	Organizers make red t shirts for those who have HIV to wear in the AIDS walk. To help those who are infected to stand up and be proud and help overcome prejudice - Good article written on a personal basis.
6/05 LA TIMES	END OF HOPES AND DREAMS	B	Final Chapter in her book of hopes and dreams - Carol Snider, a Santa Monica activist who rose above homelessness and AIDS to help others, dies at 44. The cause of death is not yet known.
6/05 LA TIMES	HOPE FOR A VACCINE	S	Research Scientists envision a drug that can slow HIV. In U.S., rates hold steady, but some brace for reversal. Poor nations still far behind.
6/05 LA TIMES	IGNORANCE 20 YEARS LATER	P	Stigma, Ignorance Persist After 2 Decades of AIDS

6/05 LA TIMES	A LEGACY OF CHANGE	P	AIDS has taken a devastating human toll in its first two decades. It has also altered the face of medicine forever.
6/05 LA TIMES	LIFE FOREVER ALTERED BY AIDS	P	AIDS has taught the nation a searing lesson in dealing with death and cultural taboos.
6/05 LA TIMES	ONE MAN'S BATTLE	B	Even though the disease is now considered 'manageable', it continues to be a constant struggle for one man still in search of a treatment that would improve his life.
6/05 LA TIMES	JUST A ROLL OF THE DICE	BP	'None of Us Ever Know Why We Are Lucky, Get the Right Roll'.
6/05 LA TIMES	A NEW RESURGENCE	SP	Federal study of young gay men indicates infection rate is rising. 'We are damned by our own successes,' one official says.
6/05 LA TIMES	YOUNG GAYS CARELESS AGAIN	SP	Gay men too young to remember the earliest reports of AIDS are now spreading the disease at alarming rates that remind health officials of the explosive first years of the epidemic.
6/05 LA TIMES	AIDS PIONEER REFLECTS	BP	By Dr. Michael Gottlieb at the time a UCLA researcher who is credited with identifying AIDS - very interesting article.

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