Quelling fears about transmission of feline aids from lions to humans, a leading South African veterinarian, Dewald Keet has said that the disease which has infected 83 per cent of the lions in

A three-day SAARC meeting from September 23-25 on tuberculosis (TB) and AIDS, spelt out country specific action plan for managing the diseases. The meeting which was held in Kathmandu, revealed that

some people are born lucky. Take the case of a minute segment of humanity belonging to the white people of European ancestry. New research reveals that a small fraction of this community is

at all costs: The Mathura refinery seems to be sparing no cost for sprucing up its image on the green front. It has invested Rs 18,620 million to minimise polluting emissions. For this purpose, it

Nepal has more than 5,200 AIDS patients and there may be between 5,000 to 10,000 HIV-positive cases. According to medical experts, by the end of the century, the country may have 22,000 to 50,000

The AIDS menace has once again occupied the centrestage. In one of the largest gatherings in recent years, over a 15,000-strong crowd of AIDS experts, activists, drug manufacturers and film stars met

Research in finding a cure for AIDS is moving at a fast pace. The role of fusin in helping the HIV virus attach itself to the cells was recently identified. Now researchers are saying that

Latest studies on rhesus monkeys point to the risk of contracting the AIDS virus via the mouth

The US Food and Drug Administration approved the first home screening test for the HIV virus, submitted recently to it by Elliot J Millenson, founder of University Hospital Laboratory of

In a continent reeling under the ever increasing burden Of AIDS, there is an expanding tribe of quacks and healers offering magic potions and easy cure for the disease. Thousands Of