HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Two years after U.S. health officials recommended routine HIV testing for Americans 13 to 64, such testing remains hit-and-miss, and the AIDS epidemic marches on.

AP - Two years after the government urged that HIV tests become as common as cholesterol checks there are small gains but still one in five people infected with the AIDS virus don't know it, scientists said Thursday.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finalizes research that changed guidelines around the world regarding when HIV-infected babies should begin drug therapy.

Reuters - Sooner is better when it comes to treating infants born with the AIDS virus, HIV, researchers reported on Wednesday.

Reuters - A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that health care workers are more likely to die from bloodborne infections and related illnesses than people working in other occupations.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- People with HIV have about twice the risk of developing a non-AIDS cancer as members of the general population, a new report says.

AFP - Lesotho's effort to give HIV tests to everyone in the country over 12 years old has failed due to lack of funding and poor training for health workers, rights groups said Tuesday.

Reuters - Togo will start distributing free of charge from November 17 the anti-retroviral drugs that extend the lives of HIV/AIDS patients, its government said Saturday.

HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Reuters - Chile's public health system may have failed to notify at least 512 people that they were infected with HIV, Health Minister Alvaro Erazo said on Thursday amid a mushrooming AIDS scandal in Chile.

Reuters - Chile's public health system may have failed to notify at least 512 people that they were infected with the HIV virus, Health Minister Alvaro Erazo said on Thursday amid a mushrooming AIDS scandal in Chile.

AFP - Millions of migrants across Southeast Asia are vulnerable to HIV infection as they lack access to AIDS-related services and legal or social protection, an joint ASEAN-UN report said Thursday.

HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The latest attempt to develop an AIDS vaccine has failed, but researchers report that they've still gained insight into how to make the next one more effective.

Reuters - HIV/AIDS infections will spread like "bushfire" in parts of India if the country fails to check a spike in the number of intravenous drug users, the United Nations AIDS agency said Thursday.

AP - An increasing number of countries worldwide are making spreading HIV a crime, according to a new report from the International Planned Parenthood Federation.

Reuters - A bone marrow transplant using stem cells from a donor with natural genetic resistance to the AIDS virus has left an HIV patient free of infection for nearly two years, German researchers.

AP - An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said Wednesday.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- A method of "rescuing" immune cells exhausted from fighting HIV infection has been discovered by American and Canadian researchers.

AFP - Doctors at a Berlin hospital said Wednesday that they appear to have rolled back the AIDS virus in a patient by using bone marrow keyed to a genetic shield against HIV, but stressed it was an unusual case that needed further investigation.