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 ...

Dating is an exciting period of exploration and connection, yet it’s crucial to be mindful of potential health risks, such as the transmission of HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS. Despite the ...

AIDS was a mystery disease when first formally recognized in patients in the U.S. in 1981. Transmission through sexual contact was rapidly recognized, but the source was initially unknown. Just three ...

KHARTOUM, 6 September (PlusNews) - Asha Ebrahim, a mother of eight living in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, vividly remembers the day she first learned she was HIV-positive seven years ago. "When the ...

Living with HIV as an older American brings unique challenges. Many HIV-positive adults report social isolation. Some lose friends and partners over the years, while others withdraw because they fear ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Transmission of the AIDS virus seems to be "out of control" among gay men in France despite an overall fall in the number of new HIV cases in the country, according to a study ...

Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] When I think about HIV and AIDS, the public figures I ...

Credit: Getty Images Since the introduction of HIV PrEP in the MSM population, the incidence of other STIs has increased likely because of changes in sexual behaviors and condom use. • PrEP decreased ...

In a new Johns Hopkins Medicine-led study, researchers predict that ending federal funding for the Ryan White Program could ...

HIV has been in retreat around the world. But with cuts to foreign aid, it's less clear where the trend lines go from here. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to author Emily Bass about the future of the virus.

Left: Structure of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Note the envelope protein that protects the virus against immunological detection and the small genome consisting of two short strands of RNA ...