Israeli researchers develop promising new HIV treatment (AFP)

A nurse takes a blood sample at an HIV/AIDS clinic. Israeli researchers have developed a new treatment for HIV that kills human cells infected with the virus and could lead to a breakthrough in treating AIDS.(AFP/File/Sergei Supinsky)AFP - Israeli researchers have developed a new treatment for HIV that kills human cells infected with the virus and could lead to a breakthrough in treating AIDS, the Haaretz newspaper said on Friday.
Global cash support to fight AIDS is falling: UN (AFP)

Demonstrators march in Vienna's streets on July 20, as part of the 18th International AIDS Conference. The chief of the UNAIDS agency said that global contributions to fighting the disease are dropping off for the first time in 15 years amid tough economic times.(AFP/File/Samuel Kubani)AFP - The chief of the UNAIDS agency said Thursday that global contributions to fighting the disease are dropping off for the first time in 15 years amid tough economic times.
Air Force: Sergeant may have exposed others to HIV (AP)
AP - The military has arrested an Air Force sergeant and accused him of having unprotected sex with partners he met at "swinger" parties in central Kansas even though he knew he was HIV positive, according to a military affidavit.
HIV discrimination case filed in China (AP)
AP - A municipal court in central China has accepted the country's first lawsuit alleging work discrimination because of HIV status, state media reported Tuesday.
China court accepts first HIV discrimination suit (AFP)

Chinese students show a handmade red ribbon as part of the awareness-raising of World AIDS Day in Hanshan, east China's Anhui province. A man in the country has filed a lawsuit alleging he was denied a job because he is HIV-positive, in what state media on Tuesday called the nation's first such discrimination case.(AFP/File)AFP - A Chinese man has filed a lawsuit alleging he was denied a job because he is HIV-positive, in what state media on Tuesday called the nation's first such discrimination case.
HIV Virus May Hide in Brain (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- The brain can be a convenient hiding place for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Tearful German HIV pop star escapes jail term (AFP)

German pop star Nadja Benaissa waits for the verdict in her trial in the district court house in the western German city of Darmstadt. The HIV-positive pop star broke down in tears on Thursday after a German court handed her a two-year suspended sentence for infecting a former sex partner with the virus.(AFP/Pool/Boris Roessler)AFP - An HIV-positive pop star broke down in tears on Thursday after a German court handed her a two-year suspended sentence for infecting a former sex partner with the virus.
Girl-band star escapes jail over HIV infection (Reuters)
Reuters - A German pop singer who confessed to knowingly exposing two men to the risk of HIV after finding out she had the virus herself was convicted by a court on Thursday of grievous bodily harm.
German pop star sentenced in HIV trial (AFP)

German pop star Nadja Benaissa is seen at her trial in the district court house in the western German city of Darmstadt on August 23. The HIV-positive singer who infected a former sex partner with the virus has walked free after a German court handed her a two-year suspended sentence.(AFP/Marius Becker)AFP - An HIV-positive pop star who infected a former sex partner with the virus walked free Thursday after a German court handed her a two-year suspended sentence.
Living the Questions (The Advocate)
The Advocate - There is an interesting paradox that comes with being diagnosed with HIV.
AIDS patients hurt by South African strike (AP)

A man in a wheelchair leaves the almost deserted Hillbrow Community Health Center in Johannesburg, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Doctors and activists say AIDS patients aren't getting treated bacause of a nationwide strike in the country, which has the highest incidence of the virus that causes AIDS. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)AP - Doctors and activists say AIDS patients aren't getting treated because of a nationwide civil service strike in South Africa, the country with the most people infected with the virus that causes AIDS.
Homeless man arrested after Ore. fire burns homes (AP)

Little remains Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010, of one of the 11 homes destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire in Ashland, Ore. A homeless man has been charged with starting the Tuesday fire. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)AP - Families looked for valuables, pets and mementoes Wednesday in the ashes of 11 homes destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire while a homeless man accused of starting the blaze sat in jail.
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