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July 25, 2016

Vatican spearheads effort to get AIDS drugs to children

An undated photo of an AIDS orphan in Malawi, a country that is plagued with the epidemic. Vatican officials are pushing to rapidly expand the availability of AIDS drugs to children.

DURBAN, South Africa – The face of the AIDS epidemic has changed dramatically in recent years as scientists have created antiretroviral drugs that lower levels of the virus in the bloodstream, allowing those infected with HIV to live relatively normal lives.

Published in International
July 21, 2014

At AIDS conference, Catholics remember colleagues on MH17

A bystander points in front of a "Pray for MH17" message on a flight information board at Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur International Airport July 18. Catholics involved in the fight against HIV and AIDS took a few moments July 21 to remember their friends and colleagues who perished in the Malaysia Airlines flight shot down over eastern Ukraine.

MELBOURNE, Australia - Catholics involved in the fight against HIV and AIDS took a few moments July 21 to remember their friends and colleagues who perished in the Malaysia Airlines flight shot down over eastern Ukraine.

Published in International