Although great strides have been made at combating human immunodeficiency virus, leading to better quality of life and a longer life expectancy for those living with the virus, significant problems ...

Back at the Maryland summit, however, no such thoughts were expressed. "This is just a pause. We will never give in," said Adel Mahmoud, chief executive of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise and former ...

Every year the world comes together to commemorate World Aids Day which is on 1st December. It is a time set to honour those who live positively, those who we’ve lost through AIDS and also it’s a ...

The WHO has announced Covid-19 is no longer considered to be at the health agency's highest level of alert, and so the world can focus on other health challenges, such as managing HIV prevention and ...

HIV is a virus that attacks and destroys a particular type of white blood cell called CD4+ T cells, which play an immensely important role in fighting against infections. This impairment in the immune ...

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), first identified in 1984, causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The HIV/AIDS endemic has taken more than 34 million lives, and despite being out ...

Over the past 3 decades, mistaken ideas about HIV and AIDS have sometimes brought on the behaviors that cause people to get the virus. Although we still have questions about HIV, researchers have ...

Since the HIV epidemic began, the diagnosis of HIV has evolved from a death sentence to a chronic, but manageable condition by starting and staying on treatment. HIV treatment can help people live ...

While the infection and death rates are dropping, the number of South Africans living with the disease has risen. Researchers and activists at Avert and other organisations list poverty, family ...