WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has approved the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV, the first step in an anticipated global rollout that could protect millions – although it's unclear how many ...

Mapule Radebe holds her baby Minehle at Nkosi’s Haven, a home that assists women with HIV, on Aug. 5 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Denis Farrell/Associated Press) PRETORIA, South Africa — It’s a ...

Data from several surveys conducted since 2005 indicate a continuous gap in HIV prevention and transmission between adolescent females and males in sub-Saharan Africa. Among 2 subregions of ...

* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. The transmission of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa could be slashed if efforts are made to combat the ...

Mr. R, a 22-year-old gay man, presents with a maculopapular rash of broad distribution involving the palms and soles. A review of systems reveals that eight weeks prior to this examination, he had a ...

{By: Dr. Vani C, Consultant Microbiologist, Metropolis Healthcare Ltd., Bengaluru} In the ongoing global fight against ...

It takes only one exposure to get the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. It’s also true that certain exposures are riskier than others. How can you evaluate different levels of risk? Scientists ...

China is currently experiencing one of the most rapidly expanding HIV epidemics in the world. Although the overall prevalence rate is still low, with a population of 1.3 billion, high-risk factors ...

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that, if left untreated, progresses to a life-threatening and ultimately fatal condition called acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). This ...