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 ...

HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. HIV/AIDS is spread through sexual contact with an infected person, sharing needles with an infected ...

After four decades of hard-won progress toward curbing the HIV epidemic, the face of the disease is changing.

Despite major advances, HIV/AIDS remains one of the world's most significant public health challenges, particularly in low and middle income countries, with new diagnoses every year and young women in ...

A new 10-year regional study reveals that adults living with both HIV and hepatitis B virus across the Asia-Pacific face ...

The battle against HIV/AIDS has been going more than 40 years. In the first week of June 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published an article in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ...

Nov 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Despite major advances, HIV/AIDS remains one of the world's most significant public health challenges, particularly in low and middle income countries, with new ...