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• Group in Pueblo raises awareness on World Aids Day

  December 1, 2012 7:16 PM

  A group in Pueblo takes the chance to raise awareness of HIV and aids. It's World Aids Day and across the globe different events were held to help teach the public about the disease. Volunteers in Pueblo got together to tell others the vast possibilities of surviving and living... more »

• New HIV testing push

  November 19, 2012 6:13 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - There's a new push to make testing for the AIDS virus as common as cholesterol checks. An independent panel that sets screening guidelines is proposing that Americans ages 15 to 64 get an HIV test at least once - not just people considered at high risk for... more »

• FDA panel backs first pill to block HIV infection

  May 10, 2012 8:53 PM

  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - The first drug shown to prevent HIV infection won the endorsement of a panel of federal advisers Thursday, clearing the way for a landmark approval in the 30-year fight against the virus that causes AIDS. In a series of votes, a Food and Drug Administration... more »

• Women over 40 most at risk for AIDS Play Video

  March 9, 2012 8:31 PM

  New numbers out tonight from the Southern Colorado AIDS Project show the face of HIV/AIDS is changing. Historicaly associated with gay men and IV drug users, experts say now it is women over the age of 40 who are most affected. Of the 34 million people suffering from AIDS... more »

• US report: HIV rate down in needle drug users

  March 1, 2012 1:26 PM

  ATLANTA (AP) - There's some good news from the AIDS front: Fewer needle drug users are testing positive for HIV. U.S. health officials say the rate has dropped by half since the 1990s. The decline may be related to a growth in needle exchange programs. More than 10,000 drug users... more »

• Police say alleged prostitute has AIDS

  January 26, 2012 8:09 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Police say a man arrested in a sting targeting street prostitutes has AIDS. Thirty-one-year-old Darren Garcia faces a charge of prostitution with knowledge of AIDS, a felony punishable by up to three years in prison. Police say Garcia has two prior arrests on the identical charge. Police... more »

• Hope for new AIDS protection seen in mouse study

  November 30, 2011 1:24 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - A study in mice is giving hope for a new way to protect against infection with the AIDS virus. It appeared to give mice complete protection against HIV, and scientists hope to start testing it in people within a couple of years. Researchers injected mice... more »

• HIV infected women on birth control more likely to spread AIDS

  July 20, 2011 8:34 AM

  ATLANTA (AP) - For the first time, researchers have found that HIV-infected women are more likely to spread the AIDS virus if they are on hormone-based birth control. The Africa study found that women were about twice as likely to transmit HIV if they were on the pill or... more »

• AIDS testing increases

  June 29, 2011 6:24 AM

  DENVER (AP) - The Colorado AIDS Project says the number of Coloradans taking an AIDS test is up sharply. Project spokeswoman Monica McCafferty says the number of people being tested has increased from 8,000 four years ago to 13,000 last year. The project offers free testing every weekday... more »

• Schools raise awareness on World AIDS Day

  December 1, 2010 6:07 PM

  Today people in Southern Colorado and around the world are holding events to mark World AIDS Day. At Pueblo Community College, health workers educated students about the prevention of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. They also offered free HIV testing. Here in Colorado, an estimated 11,000 people have been... more »

• World AIDS Day is tomorrow

  November 30, 2010 7:41 PM

  World AIDS Day will be observed tomorrow at Pine Creek High School at 7 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Southern Colorado AIDS Project and the Eyes Wide Open Program at Pine Creek. The program will include local high school students, individuals and families impacted by AIDS.... more »

• Vatican changes stance on condoms to prevent HIV spread

  November 23, 2010 3:06 PM

  VATICAN CITY (AP) - As the Vatican expands on Pope Benedict's remarks about condoms, it's making it clear that there is, in fact, a shift in church teaching on the issue. The Vatican now says using a condom is a lesser evil than transmitting HIV to a sexual partner... more »

• Ads could help pay for capitol repairs

  April 1, 2010 2:28 PM

  State lawmakers are considering selling ads to pay for repairs to the Colorado Capitol. A bill presented Thursday to the Capitol Development Committee would allow a nonprofit preservation group to sell space on curtains surrounding repair work on the Capitol's gilded dome. Contributors would be allowed to use project... more »

• UN says mother-child HIV can be eliminated by 2015

  March 8, 2010 11:05 AM

  The United Nations says mother-to-child HIV transmission can be eliminated by 2015 if health programs receive increased investments as planned. Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAIDS, appealed to government and private donors to keep investing in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Michel D. Kazatchkine, the Global... more »

• Recognizing progress and work to be done on AIDs

  December 1, 2009 8:50 AM

  Activists, politicians and health officials are among those marking World AIDS day. In Beijing, dozens of official volunteers passed out AIDS leaflets while a small group of activists demanded more government recognition and help. The U.S. plans to give South Africa $120 million. President Jacob Zuma's goal is to... more »

• Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes

  November 18, 2009 1:53 PM

  Vaccines, once relegated to back burner status at pharmaceutical companies, are starting to become big business for ailing drugmakers. New vaccines could be coming online within the next five years for a whole raft of diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, Alzheimer's disease, AIDS, pandemic flu and others. Advances in technology and... more »

• UN: Nearly 200 million children undernourished

  November 11, 2009 12:36 PM

  A new U.N. report says there are nearly 200 million children around the world who have stunted growth because they don't get enough to eat. The U.N. children's agency says more than 90 percent of those children live in poor Asian and African countries. The UNICEF report also says undernourished... more »