HIV Treatment Frauds: News on Specific Scams
 FDA and FTC Act to Remove Fraudulent HIV and STD Products From the Market (June 9, 2011)
From AIDS.gov
- FDA Cracks Down on Sale of Bogus STD Cures (May 4, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- FDA, FTC Act to Remove Fraudulent STD Products From the Market (May 3, 2011)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- FDA Warns Against Using Miracle Mineral Solution (August 4, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Hyping a Supplement for HIV (March 9, 2010)
In Forbes
- California: AIDS Doctor Admits to Health Care and Insurance Fraud (March 2, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Vitamin Can't Be Touted as HIV Treatment, South African Court Rules (June 16, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- FDA Warns Companies Importing and Marketing Drugs Over the Internet That Fraudulently Claim to Prevent and Treat STDs (March 6, 2008)
The FDA recommends that anyone taking Aviralex, Beta-mannan, Genisil, Imulux, Micronutrient, OXi-MED, Qina, SlicPlus or Tetrasil immediately stop and talk to their doctor about any side effects they were experiencing.
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Zambian Government Announces That Reported HIV/AIDS Cure Found to Be Pesticide (June 4, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- U.N. Representative Ordered to Leave Gambia After Questioning President's Claims of HIV /AIDS Cure (February 27, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- President of Gambia Makes "Astonishing" HIV Cure Claim (February 2, 2007)
From BBC News
- "African Potatoes": The Anti-Cure? (January 30, 2005)
A diet containing the herb Hypoxis hemerocallidea ("African potato") might actually do more harm than good.
In The Sunday Independent (South Africa)
- Beware of AIDS Cures via E-mail Spam (October 15, 2004)
Biological Miracle.com's "The Antidote" is banned by the FDA.
In Washington Blade
- Thailand: V-1 Immunator Pill Touted as Cure for AIDS Is Banned (May 5, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- AIDS Treatment Fraud Still Going Strong: "Dr. Wahid's Herbal Remedy" (September 2002)
In HIV Treatment ALERTS!, from The Center for AIDS
- Internet Sales of Bogus HIV Test Kits Result in First-of-Kind Wire Fraud Conviction (July/August 1999)
In FDA Consumer, from U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Manufacturer Agrees to Cease Unproved Claims About Noni Juice (May 1999)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
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