HIV is spread by bodily fluids such as blood, breast milk or semen. It gradually weakens the body’s immune system and makes ...

UNAIDS' executive director warned that millions of people could die and more resistant strains of the disease could emerge.

The head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday the number of new HIV infections could jump more than six times by 2029 if ...

There have been four independent transmission events from apes to humans, which have resulted in four different types of HIV, called strains. The most common strain, called HIV-1 group M ...

The strongest evidence is for herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). A meta-analysis found that having HSV-2 was associated with an increased risk of acquiring HIV both in the general population (an ...

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) targets important cells of our immune system, making infected individuals more vulnerable to diseases and infections. Once inside human cells ...

Updated Hep B Vaccine More Effective for People With HIV Dec. 10, 2024 — A newer vaccine against hepatitis B virus was clearly superior to an older vaccine type in inducing a protective antibody ...

Kennedy Jr. to be the next U.S. health secretary. The CDC’s removal of online resources related to HIV, STIs and other health topics following a Trump administration order to scrub references ...