The news from South Africa yesterday was both good and bad for AIDS activists. Lawyers for a group of over 39 major pharmaceutical companies withdrew their legal challenge to a 1997 South African law that would allow the government to import or produce generic versions of the drugs. The lawsuit proved to be a tremendous public relations blunder for the drug companies, who were depicted as placing...

Cats That Glow For AIDS Research Join List of Animals That Shine http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/09/14/140465088/cats-that-glow-for-aids-research-join-list-of-animals-that-shine 'Green-Glowing' Cats May Help to Fight Against HIV/AIDS http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/213108/20110913/glowing-cats-mayo-clinic-japan-hiv-aids.htm The Scientist: Fluorescent Cats Aid...

The University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco General Hospital have made the 1997 edition of this massive (2000 page) AIDS textbook available at the HIV InSite. At present, fifteen of the 96 chapters in nine major sections are available. The entire 1994 edition is available, with icons pointing from outdated chapters to updated ones.

Sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS) offers authoritative information on HIV and AIDS treatment for both healthcare practitioners and general users. The key part of the site is the Treatment Guidelines Library, which contains...

The main page of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC) contains a wide range of AIDS/HIV information for both clinicians and consumers.

The International HIV/AIDS Alliance works to support "community action on AIDS in developing countries" through advocacy efforts, research, and outreach programs. Over the past several years, they have also released a number of papers designed to assist non-governmental organizations and service providers with providing quality health care to those living with HIV. This 36-page guide was released...

UNAIDS (The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) and the World Bank worked together to create the AIDS Economics site to help improve understanding of the economics of HIV/AIDS and to "help researchers and policymakers in developing countries to define and implement humane, cost-effective policies to fight the disease." The highlight of the site is the summary of the findings and...