HIV infections (human immunodeficiency virus infections) include the spectrum of infections caused by the virus HIV that range from asymptomatic seropositivity to acquired immunodeficiency ...

It was sent to 2,500 patients who had potentially been exposed to bloodborne viruses including HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C due to what the agency described as a failure to properly clean ...

Two decades of research – including work on HIV, COVID-19, and mpox – now suggest that sexual and gender minority people who believe in their community’s capacity to cope with (or respond to ...

You should ask your doctor to screen you. HIV infection: The virus that causes AIDS has been linked with it. Issues before birth: Conditions related to your mother’s pregnancy may play a role as ...

The terminated initiatives include HIV treatment programmes that supported millions, primary malaria control efforts in the hardest-hit African regions, and global campaigns to eradicate polio. Dr ...

Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi will on Tuesday, 25 February lead the official launch of new HIV treatment campaign with the objective to close the gap by putting additional 1.1 million people ...

Antiretroviral drugs are used to treat HIV infection. They work by blocking a stage of the virus's life cycle and, by doing so, prevent the virus from replicating. The drugs are organized into six ...

Background: AIDS is a severe medical condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that primarily attacks the immune system, specifically CD4+ T lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell ...

After a lifetime on the frontiers of the fight against HIV, Linda-Gail Bekker could finally see the end of the epidemic in sight. For decades, HIV experts had dreamed of an elusive vaccine to ...

Two-year-old Evans was brought to the Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi, Kenya a year ago, suffering from HIV and tuberculosis. With no family to care for him, Evans was referred to the ...

(AP Photo/Brian Inganga) CORRECTS MONTH -Children play at the Nyumbani Children’s Home orphanage which is heavily reliant on foreign donations and cares for children with HIV whose parents died of the ...

The BBC was reporting on a trial vaccine that contained an HIV protein, not the virus itself, and which was never rolled out to the public. A viral Facebook post claims that a video shows how the BBC ...