Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a germ that causes a lifelong infection that slowly weakens the immune system. Though the infection is lifelong, medicines can keep the virus in check and help ...

Compare oral and long-acting injectable HIV treatments, including effectiveness, convenience, side effects, eligibility, and ...

More than 41 million people are living with HIV worldwide, and approximately 570,000 died from AIDS-related illnesses in 2025 ...

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Despite decades of progress, an estimated 1.2 million people acquired HIV and 570,000 people died from AIDS-related causes in 2025. Of approximately 41 million people living with HIV worldwide, about ...

HIV and AIDS have been part of the world’s consciousness for 40 years now. In 1979 and 1980, doctors in Los Angeles and New York were suddenly reporting rare types of pneumonia, cancer and other ...

You probably know that HIV/AIDS remains a global health crisis, and that advocacy and action are crucial to make sure people everywhere have access to medical care for HIV/AIDS. Ensuring that we each ...

The American Heart Association notes increased cardiovascular disease risk and health care access concerns among HIV positive patients as World AIDS Day is commemorated DALLAS, Dec. 1, 2021 – Research ...

You can have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and not know it. You also can have been exposed to HIV but not necessarily be infected. About 1 in 7 people who are HIV-positive are unaware of it. The ...

Editor’s Note: Vincent Guilamo-Ramos is the dean of the Duke University School of Nursing. A nurse practitioner, he specializes in the prevention of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections, and ...