In recent years, public conversations about HIV have significantly shifted. Better testing, improved treatment and natural remedies have made it easier than ever for people to understand the virus, ...

Pseudoscience has recently re-emerged in the U.S. While much of it concerns vaccines, an "oldie" is again making the rounds: HIV is neither the cause nor the sole cause of AIDS. This nonsense has been ...

HIV is a virus that weakens the immune system over time. AIDS is the most severe phase of HIV when the immune system is badly damaged. Early treatment can stop HIV from turning into AIDS. HIV and AIDS ...

The Journey to a Vaccine,” a new documentary, premiered at Boston’s Museum of Science. The premiere was preceded by a ...

After decades of research, there is still no cure for the disease HIV causes–AIDS. Each year, HIV infects more than one million people worldwide, and a vaccine remains stubbornly out of reach. Hope, ...

In the early years of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, death from infection was likely for most of those who were infected. Today, with antiviral treatment, a newly diagnosed person can live a near normal life ...

Not exactly. “Most people who get infected don’t even know. It’s only in hindsight they recognize the symptoms,” says Michael Horberg, M.D., director of HIV/AIDS for Kaiser Permanente. That's because ...