For decades, scientists have recognized that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a formidable viral pathogen. After years ...

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 ...

Of the nearly 41 million people living with HIV on the planet, more than half (53 percent) are women and girls, according to UNAIDS. In 2024, women and girls accounted for 45 percent of all new HIV ...

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 ...

A public health emergency is about to emerge because of federal ADAP (AIDS Drug Assistance Program) funding cuts. Long since retired, but a public health educator to the end, I’d like to remind ...

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 ...

A generation has passed since the world saw the peak in AIDS-related deaths. Those deaths — agonizing, from diseases or infections the body might otherwise fight off — sent loved ones into the streets ...

A generation has passed since the world saw the peak in AIDS-related deaths. Those deaths -- agonizing, from diseases or infections the body might otherwise fight off -- sent loved ones into the ...

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 ...