UN: AIDS epidemic stable; fewer deaths, infections

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 15:28 in Health & Medicine

(AP) -- Fewer people are dying of AIDS, more patients are on HIV medication and the global AIDS epidemic is stable after peaking in the late 1990s. But the United Nations AIDS agency warned in its yearly report Tuesday that governments will need to continue setting aside millions of dollars for AIDS in the coming decades as patients live longer on AIDS treatment.

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