Darwin Tenoria first learned about HIV when he was on his deathbed. He was 27 and weighed just 70 pounds. "I died for two minutes and I was revived in the hospital," he remembers. When he woke up, he ...
Health experts are sounding the alarm over a disturbing trend where drug users swap blood to score a secondhand high. Called “bluetoothing,” the gruesome movement is fueling a wave of new HIV ...
Patients who have been "functionally cured" of HIV underwent incredibly risky procedures. For most people, though, HIV is no ...
You may have heard about Descovy (des-ko'-vee), a medicine approved by the FDA in 2015. Descovy is approved to treat HIV. It can also help prevent people from getting HIV through sex. People with HIV ...
Penobscot County is grappling with Maine’s largest HIV outbreak in its history. Looking back, the top public health official for the county seat of Bangor described how the conditions existed for such ...
Current HIV research aims to cure or eliminate the infection. Although people can manage HIV effectively with treatment, scientists are focusing on cures in several future directions. HIV is a virus ...
HIVAN is a severe kind of kidney disease that can affect people living with HIV. It’s associated with a high viral load and low CD4 count and can rapidly lead to kidney failure. Treatment involves ...
Barbara Roberts has lived with HIV for more than three decades. Now, a new FDA-approved medication is changing how she ...
Called “bluetoothing,” the gruesome movement is fueling a wave of new HIV infections in hotspots around the globe, including Fiji and South Africa. Doctors are warning that the surge in cases is just ...