The first cases of HIV in the U.S. were reported on June 5, 1981. HIV is a virus that attacks a person's immune system, making them vulnerable to disease.

The first cases of HIV in the U.S. were reported on June 5, 1981. HIV is a virus that attacks a person's immune system, making them vulnerable to disease.

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) has urged President Marcos to declare human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) a national public health emergency due to a surge in new cases in the ...

Of 49 countries surveyed in a recent analysis, 15 have historically relied on the the U.S. for most of the funding for their HIV/AIDS responses. That funding is largely gone now.

Updated at 3:38 p.m. ET on May 31, 2025. Solving HIV vaccination—a puzzle that scientists have been tackling for decades without success—could be like cracking the code to a safe.

"For HIV vaccine design and development, we've begun to see light at the end of the tunnel after many years of research. This is a terrible time to cut it off. We're beginning to get close.

In the long battle to create an effective HIV vaccine, scientists have made a major leap forward. A new study shows that a series of vaccines can coax the immune system to produce powerful ...

A local HIV program has allegedly been canceled as a result of funding cuts, firings and layoffs that have recently hit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a program lead.

A former top federal health official who served during President Trump’s first term warned that the drastic cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) could have “devasta… ...

There is already evidence that this is a viable proposal. Among PEPFAR-supported countries, domestic health spending has jumped from $13.7 billion in 2004 to $42.6 billion in 2021, a 212% increase ...

The Trump administration’s cuts to staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and to clinical trials now threaten to unwind that progress, affected CDC researchers and outside HIV ...

Deep cuts to HIV research could halt decades of progress, scientists say. The Trump administration has shut down government offices devoted to HIV and ended hundreds of millions of dollars in ...