We are losing the fight against TB,in IRELAND TO warns WHO

The implications of HIV infection for tuberculosis within Ireland

are unclear. Only 24 of the 882 new cases in 2004 and 2005 were
reported to be infected by HIV, but no informationwas available on
830 of these cases. However, there are grounds for suspecting that
HIV infection within Ireland may not be a major factor for the
increasing number of tuberculosis cases. HIV may be a significant
factor for those from Sub-Saharan Africa who were already [...]

HIV Rates Up Significantly for Young Black Gay, Bi Men

(Reuters) – The number of Americans newly infected with HIV remained stable between 2006 and 2009, but infections rose nearly 50 percent among young black gay and bisexual men, U.S. experts said on Wednesday.

New data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal progress since the peak of the HIV epidemic in the 1980s. But the sharp increases in infection rates among [...]

HIV epidemic emerging in Middle East

(Reuters) – Epidemics of HIV are emerging among gay and bisexual men in the Middle East and North Africa and high levels of risky sexual behavior threaten to spread the AIDS virus further in the region, researchers said Tuesday.

In the first study of its kind in a region where homosexuality and bisexuality are taboo, researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar found evidence [...]