How can we eliminate a virus that hides inside our very own immune cells? This question has haunted researchers for decades. HIV, the AIDS virus, has this ability to lie dormant and ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections are still fairly common and an estimated 40 million people worldwide are ...

From the identification of HIV as the agent that causes AIDS, to the development of effective antiretroviral drugs, the scientific achievements in HIV research in the past 20 years have been ...

The 12th IAS Conference on HIV Science took place in Brisbane, Australia from July 23 to 26. (Photo by RODRIGO ARANGUA / AFP) (Photo credit should read RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP via Getty Images) As ...

"Bill," a 45-year-old New Jersey man, unexpectedly found himself charged with a crime that could have sent him to prison for years. He met "Joe" in 2018 through a dating app and the two ultimately had ...

Today, we confront emerging threats from a range of respiratory viruses, insect-transmitted viruses, and viruses we have not ...

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More than 40 years of AIDS research has led to significant advancements in treatment and prevention. Drugs to treat the infection continued to improve, as did patient outcomes. But now there's another ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first used the term “AIDS” on Sept. 24, 1982, more than a year after the first cases appeared in medical records. Those early years of the crisis were ...

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Advancements in HIV/AIDS research, drug development and clinical practice since the 1980s have made it possible for people ...