HIV

How to Donate Your Idle Computer Time to Curing HIV

Cliff Kuang — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:42:37 -0400

Raising HIV Awareness, One Young Person at a Time

Zachary Wilson — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:50:35 -0400

DoSomething, headed by Fast Company columnist Nancy Lublin, has recognized four young social entrepreneurs with $10,000 grants--and one with a prize of $100,000. Fast Company will profile one of these enterprising youth each day this week.

Young Minds vs. Ancient Problems: Imagine Cup 2009 Winners Announced

Clay Dillow — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:39:28 -0400

Got an old problem? Put a young mind to it. Microsoft's Imagine Cup has announced its 2009 winners, with Oregon's MultiPoint Web edging out the other 14 U.S. finalists in a competition with the lofty aim of tackling United Nations Millennium Development Goals: like ending poverty and hunger, curbing HIV and AIDS, and improving maternal health.

Gates Foundation Grants $100K Apiece To 81 Wild Ideas

Cliff Kuang — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:10:48 -0400

Cellphone Mod Adds HIV Detection Function

Kit Eaton — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:51:36 -0500

Multifunction cellphones get a whole new twist with this modification by UCLA scientists: A microscope add-on that can detect HIV. Dr. Aydogan Ozcan's Lensfree Ultrawide Cell-monitoring Array system simply bolts onto the camera sensor of a cellphone and adds the ability to detect HIV, malaria and other illnesses in places previously without much access to disease diagnosis equipment.