Kidney transplants are safe between people with HIV, new US study shows
A new study found people with HIV can safely receive donated kidneys from deceased donors with the virus
October 16, 2024A new study found people with HIV can safely receive donated kidneys from deceased donors with the virus
October 16, 2024Condom usage is down among teens and young adults in the U.S. Medical advancements, a fading fear of contracting HIV and widely varying degrees of sex education in high schools all contribute to the trend
October 02, 2024PrEP can reduce the risk of sexually transmitted HIV infection by 99%. Discrimination and distrust are two barriers Black gay men face in accessing this lifesaving treatment.
September 20, 2024Twice-a-year injection reduced risk of HIV infection by 96%, drug company says — more than daily PrEP pill
September 12, 2024Federal judge says US military cannot turn away enlistees who are HIV-positive
August 21, 2024Despite higher than average rates of HIV infection, Hispanic women have relatively low awareness of PrEP, an effective HIV-prevention medication.
August 15, 2024Twice-yearly shot proves successful at preventing HIV infection among women, trial data shows
July 24, 2024A study shows that a twice-yearly shot was 100% effective in preventing new HIV infections in women in Africa
July 24, 2024Nearly 40 million people were living with the HIV virus that causes AIDS last year, over 9 million weren’t getting any treatment, and the result was that every minute someone died of AIDS-related causes, the U.N. says in a new report
July 23, 2024HIV-positive people who were convicted in Tennessee of sex work under a decades-old aggravated prostitution law will no longer be required to face a lifetime registration as a “violent sex offender” under a lawsuit settlement finalized this week
July 19, 2024Gilead Sciences said on Thursday a late-stage study showed its long-acting injectable drug was more effective in preventing HIV infection in women compared to its existing
July 02, 2024Latinos represent a nearly a third of new HIV diagnoses in the US, CDC data shows
July 02, 2024The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is years into an initiative to end the nation’s HIV epidemic by pumping hundreds of millions of dollars annually into certain states, counties and U.S. territories with the highest infection rates
June 24, 2024Eight employers who challenged some federal health insurance requirements cannot be forced to provide no-cost coverage for certain types of preventive care, including HIV prep and some kinds of cancer screenings, a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled Friday
June 21, 2024Britain said on Tuesday some victims of a contaminated blood scandal would receive interim payments of 210,000 pounds ($267,000) each before a scheme to pay "
June 05, 2024An infected blood scandal in Britain was no accident but the fault of doctors and a succession of governments that led to 3,000 deaths and thousands more contracting
June 04, 2024Britain's government says thousands of victims of the U.K.’s infected blood scandal will start receiving their final compensation payments this year
May 21, 2024A top U.S. pediatricians’ group is making a sharp policy change about breastfeeding by people with HIV
May 20, 2024The final report of the U.K.’s infected blood inquiry has been published, six years after it started its work
May 19, 2024GSK raised its full-year profit forecast on Wednesday on strong demand for its common respiratory vaccine and specialty HIV medicines, though it expects sales
May 16, 2024The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Morbidity and Mortality Report last week that documented the first instances of HIV transmissions contracted through unsterile injections used while receiving “vampire facials,” cosmetic procedures involving microneedling
April 29, 2024Federal health officials say three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through a cosmetic procedure using needles
April 28, 2024President Joe Biden's administration on Monday is set to urge a U.S. appeals court to preserve a federal mandate that requires health insurers to cover preventive care
April 26, 2024Dr. John Nkengasong has spent decades working in Africa on HIV and AIDS, his career intertwined with a U.S. program that has transformed care in some of the hardest-hit countries and saved an estimated 25 million lives
April 01, 2024