AIDS has taken a horrible toll in Africa. And the plague is far from over. If not conquered, it will take an increasing toll around the world. What will stop this horror?

In Brief... World News Review: The AIDS Epidemic Continues

by Cecil Maranville, Darris McNeely, John Ross Schroeder

Gloomy tidings regarding this leading killer.

Africa's AIDS Crisis: A Doctor's Firsthand Account

by Cecil Maranville

“Then it hit me, ‘I’m playing God,’” writes a doctor treating AIDS patients in Africa. Read the doctor’s sobering account of the horrors of the unending calamity.

World News and Trends: Incurable TB threatens South Africa

by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder

According to The Guardian, "Doctors at the Church of Scotland Hospital in Tugela Ferry [in South Africa] were already grappling with the onslaught of AIDS and its partner in death, tuberculosis."

World News and Trends: Seniors need sex ed

by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder

Health workers in Britain advocated that pensioners "be given the same sex education as teenagers after statistics indicated that cases of chlamydia among the over-50s had doubled between 2000 and 2005 and cases of genital herpes had tripled" (The Times, July 19).

Getting the Four Horsemen Right

by Darris McNeely

Half of Africa Is Disappearing

by Rex Sexton

A large portion of the native population of southern Africa is dying. Efforts to deal with the problem in some cases only are making matters worse.

It's My Life, and It Isn't Hurting Anyone!

by Vertical Thought

How many times have you heard people make this statement? Is it true, or do our deeds affect others?

News Briefs June 12-18

by Darris McNeely

New Pope Faces A Changed World

by Darris McNeely

In Brief... World News Review: Rapid-Onset AIDS

by Cecil Maranville

Public health officials in New York City recently encountered what appears to be a rapid-onset AIDS strain.

In Brief... World News Review: Russian AIDS Much More Serious Than Previously Thought

by Cecil Maranville

AIDS infections in Russia are at 1 million.

The Biblical Solution for Africa's Biggest Crisis

by Melvin Rhodes

At the recent International AIDS Conference held in Bangkok, Thailand, delegates repeatedly condemned abstinence programs. The African continent has been particularly devastated by AIDS. Interestingly, abstinence programs are the only ones that are really working there.

What's the Solution for Africa's Biggest Problem?

by Melvin Rhodes

The African continent has been devastated by AIDS, and the problem will get far worse before it gets better. Yet on a recent trip to Ghana I saw a glimmer of hope at the Kumasi Virgins Club. If only people everywhere would embrace the Seventh Commandment, the AIDS crisis could be permanently solved.

The High Cost of Ignorance

by Scott Ashley

Few people have ever considered the Bible a reliable guide for good physical and mental health. Yet scattered throughout its pages are priceless laws and principles that would literally save millions of lives every year if we would only pay attention to them.