Health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has kicked off the New Year with the launch of a new plan aimed at tackling the unacceptably high tuberculosis (TB) rate in the country. The minister said it was '€œnot simply another piece of planning on paper'€.

US doctors have come up with a new potential treatment for HIV infection that involves boosting the body'€™s immune system so it can fight the virus more effectively.