HIV infection rates may be five times higher than thought in black urban women. March 9, 2012— -- The HIV rate among black women living in some U.S. cities is the same rate as that of some ...

Women with HIV may experience earlier menopause, heavier periods, and more vaginal infections. Transgender women with HIV face challenges, such as concerns about treatment interactions with ...

Today marks National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a time to raise awareness about the impact of HIV and AIDS on women and girls, and to promote efforts in testing, treatment, and prevention ...

Being HIV-positive or having AIDS is no longer the death sentence it once was, but as more people live longer with the disease, it continues to spread, especially among minority women, a local health ...

The HIV reservoir in breast milk was reassuringly limited in a preliminary study on two individuals with long-term, sustained viral suppression. No HIV RNA copies were detected in breast milk fluid ...

HIV and cervical cancer are intimately linked. An expert discusses how immunity and HPV infections increase the vulnerability ...

An AIDS drug already shown to help prevent spread of the virus in gay men also works for heterosexual men and women, two studies in Africa found.

As part of our coverage of the biennial AIDS conference from the International AIDS Society, we spoke with Madalitso Juwayeyi, program manager at FACT-Malawi, to learn more about her organization and ...

Researchers revealed on Tuesday that an American, described as a middle-aged woman of mixed race, has likely been cured of HIV after undergoing a new transplant procedure using donated umbilical cord ...

KAKUMA, Kenya, Dec 1 (UNHCR) - There's not much open talk of sex among the Dinka people of Sudan. "Even when I get married, my mother won't tell me what to expect on my wedding night," says one young ...

Masonia Traylor folded into a ball in the corner of the patient room. "No," the 23-year-old screamed, over and over again. She was HIV-positive. It came as a surprise to the now 38-year-old from ...