SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients surpassed 10,000 for the first time in South Korea last year, the health authorities said Friday. A total of 10,502 people tested positive for HIV and were diagnosed with AIDS in 2015, up from 9,615 [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean red ginseng, a medicinal plant known here as “hongsam,” has been found to be effective in fighting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections, a South Korean research team said Thursday, citing a local patient surviving solely on red ginseng for about 30 years. The patient was diagnosed as HIV positive [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to offer free HIV testing at its 25 health centers, which can show the results in just 20 minutes. No personal information will be required from the examinees, and the test will be conducted for free. The city government announced on February 3 that after a one-year [...]
LONDON, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The organisers of the 61st Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity are proud to honour Bono, the activist lead singer of Irish rock band U2, with the first ever Cannes LionHeart Award, for pioneering (RED), a creative fusion of branding, activism and philanthropy that has generated more than $250 [...]