Tag: HIV

Up to 11 000 Australians may have been exposed to infectious diseases including HIV leading to the suspension of 6 dentists.

25 of the delegates attending the AIDS 2014 conference in Melbourne failed to board a plane back to their home countries, claiming asylum in the country which hosted them as conference guests.

While the AIDS 2014 conference kicked off in Melbourne this week, breaking news is that an Australian company developed a condom that will offer real protection against unwanted pregnancies and STD’s including the HIV virus.

With the AIDS 2014 conference taking place in Melbourne, Australia this week we look at some of the shocking truths about HIV and some glimmers of hope.

Scientific community reels at reports that HIV researchers and activists headed for AIDS conference in Australia were on Malaysia Airlines flight shot-down over Ukraine.

A survey by the Kirby Institute of the University of New South Wales has revealed that the number of recorded HIV cases in Australia is at an all-time high.

Discovering a potential cure for AIDS, and a cure for flat beer; the closing of iconic Australian venues in London; and a story about someone falling over, were among the most popular Australian Times articles of 2013.

Doctors have expressed concerns over the increasing rates of Aboriginal people in remote indigenous communities contracting sexually transmitted diseases.