The approach employed by the research team could be used against other diseases—including COVID-19 and influenza.

This electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health shows a human T cell, in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow, the virus that causes AIDS. | Seth Pincus ...

A new kind of HIV prevention is making it easier for those at risk to stay protected, thanks to a twice-yearly injection now ...

The White House’s decision to safeguard $400m in President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) funding to support the global human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) emergency provides “hope” to ...

Kiara Health, based in Johannesburg, South Africa, is set to manufacture vaginal rings designed to offer protection against HIV. The Population Council, a nonprofit organization, revealed the ...

A groundbreaking annual injection designed to protect against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has successfully passed an important early safety trial. Researchers have shared that the drug ...

LEN is the first long-acting PrEP product that requires only two injections per year, offering an appealing alternative to ...

Multiple HIV-fighting drugs could also be combined in individual fibers, to protect against drug-resistant strains of the virus, and to keep such strains from developing.

A twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV could dramatically alter the course of an epidemic that has lead to the deaths of more than 40 million people since the 1980s. Here's what to know.

The research was based on a hypothesis that the spread of HIV in central Africa coincided with the decline of smallpox. As smallpox was eliminated and people stopped receiving vaccinations in the ...

Photo Credit: Josh Smith / Ascent Xmedia / Getty Images. SOURCES: AIDS: “Mental Health and HIV/AIDS: The Need for an Integrated Response.”. The Journal of Sex Research: “The Impact of Pre ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — From where Linda-Gail Bekker sits as director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre in Cape Town, science has been losing ground against HIV for years, especially when it ...