2020-06-27 Drug Approved 25 Years Ago Changed Fight Against AIDS
Larry Kramer used to wear a lot of turquoise jewelry on both hands. When Kramer moved to New York City in the 1970s, a fortune teller told him he must…
2015-08-02 Kenya Joins US’s HIV-AIDS Project
Kenya will be getting new support to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS among young women. United States President Barack Obama announced last week that Kenya would be included in the DREAMS…
2015-06-09 Most African Children with AIDS Have No Access to Medical Care
A United Nations official says nearly 95 percent of African children living with AIDS do not have a way to get treatment for the disease. Michel Sidibe is executive director…
2013-12-15 UN: Little Progress In Reducing AIDS In Asia
Hello, and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English. I’m Christopher Cruise in Washington. Today on the program, we report the latest news in the difficult fight against…
2017-12-01 US Official: We Have the Tools to End AIDS Now
Friday, December 1st marks the 30th World AIDS Day. One aim of the event is to show support for people living with HIV, the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency…
2016-07-19 Getting Tested Is First Step In Controlling HIV/AIDS
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. The International AIDS Conference is being held this week (July 18 – 22) in Durban, South Africa. It is…
2015-03-29 New Treatment for AIDS Called a ‘Big Deal’
Researchers in the United States are calling it a “Big Deal.” Next year, human tests could lead to a new treatment for AIDS. It is being called an innovative and…
2013-12-18 New Device Aims to Make Diagnosing AIDS Easier
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. December 1 marked World Aids Day. People around the world join together to celebrate progress in fighting acquired immune deficiency syndrome,…
2012-01-11 AIDS Study Called 2011 ‘Breakthrough’
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The journal Science chose an AIDS study as the twenty-eleven “Breakthrough of the Year.” The study found that antiretroviral drugs can greatly…
2010-12-01 Prevention, Treatment Efforts Have ‘Broken’ the Direction of AIDS
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Wednesday is December first, World AIDS Day. This year, experts are reporting more signs of success in halting the AIDS epidemic. The…
2010-07-21 Researchers in South Africa Announce a New Weapon in AIDS Fight
This is the Special English Health Report. South African researchers at the international AIDS conference in Vienna, Austria have announced major progress in the fight against the disease. The researchers…
2010-07-14 A New AIDS Plan for the US, and New Hopes for a Vaccine
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers, policy makers and activists are busy preparing for the International AIDS Conference. The next conference begins Sunday in Vienna, Austria. On…
2006-08-23 Working to Prevent AIDS — and Lacking Enough Health Workers for the Job
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The sixteenth International AIDS Conference ended Friday in Toronto, Canada. All week there was discussion of the need to do more to…
2006-04-05 A New Life Treating AIDS in Africa, Then Tragedy Strikes
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Health Report. Botswana has a small population, less than two million, but a big problem with AIDS. Forty percent of its people…
2005-08-31 Drug for Other Diseases May Have Use Against AIDS
I’m Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists say they were able to decrease levels of the AIDS virus with a drug designed for other conditions. AIDS…