AIDS was a mystery disease when first formally recognized in patients in the U.S. in 1981. Transmission through sexual contact was rapidly recognized, but the source was initially unknown. Just three ...

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Lynn Norment, a columnist for The Commercial Appeal, is a former editor for Ebony Magazine. It’s not shocking or even surprising that HIV and AIDS are on the rise in today’s world. The dreaded disease ...

Use of Gilead Sciences' Yeztugo, a twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV infection, has climbed since its June launch, but U. health providers say not all patients are interested in the new option and ...

An experimental HIV vaccine has been found to induce broadly neutralizing antibody precursors among a small group of volunteers in a Phase 1 study. The findings suggest that a two-dose regimen of the ...

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS is a complex process with multiple transmission routes, including during pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding. However, with effective preventative ...

We might be a step closer to curing HIV, as researchers have developed a way to knock out a version of the virus lurking in the body. Using something called an HIV-like particle (HLP)—which are dead ...

As someone who has spent many years studying and responding to viral threats, I’m deeply concerned that we face an unprepared future again. Significant cutbacks in medical science funding, especially ...

A man in Norway has achieved long-term HIV remission after a stem cell transplant from his brother. Researchers say rare ...

Left: Structure of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Note the envelope protein that protects the virus against immunological detection and the small genome consisting of two short strands of RNA ...