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It may soon be possible to quickly test yourself for HIV in the privacy of your own home. But experts question the 93% accuracy rate, which falls below the government’s recommended 95%.
The first drug shown to prevent HIV infection won the endorsement of a panel of federal advisers Thursday, clearing the way for a landmark approval in the 30-year fight against the virus that causes AIDS.
Recent studies suggest that drugs used for HIV treatment can also protect healthy people from infection. But can these medications really turn the tide of the AIDS epidemic?
A pill that has long been used to treat HIV has moved one step closer to becoming the first drug approved to prevent healthy people from becoming infected with the virus that causes AIDS.
In 2009, researchers reported that an AIDS vaccine had for the first time protected people against HIV. Since then, the researchers have been wondering, How did it work?
Circumcision can help drop the rate of HIV infection in Africa. The challenge is getting more men snipped more quickly.
Filmmakers are threatening to leave the nation’s porn capital because of a new law requiring condom use on set.
It was an all too familiar story to those who study HIV. Kimberly Page, an epidemiologist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), had just returned from Cambodia, where she had been conducting research on how to protect people from getting infected with the AIDS-causing virus.
In commemoration of World AIDS Day, this year marking the 30th anniversary of the identification of the first cases of the disease, singer and activist Bono sat down with TIME’s managing editor, Rick Stengel, to talk about the global fight against HIV/AIDS.
In her more than 20 years as an AIDS activist, British-born, Brooklyn-based Leigh Blake has revolutionized the concept of public advocacy many times over.
Tired of your mindless treadmill routine and all that running leading nowhere? Consider mixing up your fitness plan, with more and more gyms offering unique classes for workouts that are effective — and fun.
