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Curing AIDS with a simple vitamin?

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 ...
Medscape

HIV and AIDS: 20 years of science

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 ...
Forbes

Using Art To Explore Advancements In HIV Science

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 ...
Law

To End AIDS, We Need Science, Not Stigma

"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 ...
Opinion
MedPage TodayOpinion

I Co-Discovered HIV. Here Are Lessons to Help Prepare for the Next Threat.

Today, we confront emerging threats from a range of respiratory viruses, insect-transmitted viruses, and viruses we have not yet identified. Reflecting on lessons from the HIV/AIDS crisis -- including ...
IFLScience

Detecting HIV Could One Day Be As Easy As Picking Up The Phone

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience.View full ...
Yahoo

How HIV/AIDS got its name − the words Americans used were steeped in science, stigma, and religious language

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 ...
Live Science

Teens use HIV prevention meds way more if they get these simple interventions

A clinical trial tested strategies for boosting teens' and young adults' use of HIV-prevention drugs called PrEP. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...
Science Friday

How Artists And Scientists Collaborated To Make Art About HIV

Kane Race (left) and Kairon Liu (right) discussing Untransmittable. Credit: Beau Newham, courtesy of The National Association of People with HIV Australia (NAPWHA) This past July, the 12th ...

Dramatic drop in HIV-infected immune cells occurs in patient who received cancer treatment

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

A proposed California bill aims to protect coverage for HIV prevention despite federal threats

Assembly Bill 554 would require health plans and insurers to cover all antiretroviral drugs used for PrEP and PEP. Backers say it is a hedge against federal efforts to make HIV-prevention drugs less ...