South Africa's government has estimated that universities and science councils could lose about $107 million in U.S. research funding over the next five years due to the aid cuts, which affect not ...

Years of American-led investment into AIDS programs has reduced the number of people killed by the disease to the lowest ...

Little wonder then that Ellie felt so scared of her diagnosis. What she didn't understand at the time was that, courtesy of daily antiretroviral medication (ART), she would soon be living a normal, ...

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The HIV Test: Basic Facts You Need To Know A human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test detects antibodies to HIV or the genetic material (DNA or RNA) of HIV in the blood or another type of sample. This ...

The US has approved lenacapavir for HIV prevention. But experts worry that cuts to the health budget will 'squander' the drug's chance of reducing infections.

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 ...

Australian researchers have taken a major step towards an HIV cure by devising a method to deliver an mRNA-based therapy direct to cells to expose the dormant virus where it hides. Major advances ...

By bringing together top doctors, scientists and engineers, Terry Ragon believes he can succeed where major governments have failed and cure one of the world’s wiliest viruses.

South Africa has the world's highest burden of HIV, with about 8 million people - one in five adults - living with the virus.

South Africa has the world's highest burden of HIV, with about 8 million people living with the virus.