An international research team believe they have discovered why the immune system is unable to control HIV infection.

The team have found a molecular pathway involved in the…

American and South African scientists working at the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa have discovered how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) “exhausts” killer T cells that would otherwise…

Cases in which an HIV-positive person is infected with more than one strain of the virus are more common than previously believed, Canadian and U.S.…

As many as one in 300 HIV patients never get sick and never suffer damage to their immune systems and AIDS experts said on Wednesday they want to know why.

Most have…

An international, multi-institutional research consortium is seeking to discover how a few HIV-infected individuals are naturally able to suppress replication of the virus.

The Elite Controller Collaborative Study, the first large-scale haplotype-mapping study in…

Many populations worldwide have seen a decrease in HIV prevalence, but in several countries drug use is fueling new HIV epidemics. Prevention has become a key focus of the 16th…

There is no vaccine against AIDS and none of the dozens of vaccines being tested is likely to completely protect people from the deadly virus, but the future looks bright for…

Ten times more people in Africa are getting life-saving AIDS drugs than just three years ago, but still most get no treatment and the pandemic continues to…

Developing countries with few resources to fight AIDS could take their lead from Thailand’s prevention programs of recent years, which have allowed it to provide nearly free drug treatments…

Circumcision, microbicides and drugs all offer promising new possibilities for battling the AIDS pandemic, but it will not be easy to roll out this arsenal of prevention methods,…

The light scent of marijuana wafted among exhibits at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto on Monday, as activists took advantage of Canada’s comparatively pot-friendly policies to make a…

With antiretroviral therapy for adults with HIV infection continuing to evolve, the International AIDS Society -  USA Panel has issued updated recommendations for the treatment of HIV, according…

In the first head-to-head comparison between two commonly used HIV treatments, researchers found one triple-drug therapy was significantly more effective at reducing HIV viral load in the blood when…

Adding a fourth drug to an antiretroviral regimen for the initial treatment of HIV-1 did not lead to significant differences in reducing HIV levels in the…

A growing number of countries are supporting coercive or discriminatory HIV testing programs that fail to ensure confidentiality, a U.S. human rights group said on Thursday ahead of an…

Only one in five people with HIV in poor and middle-income countries receives the drugs that treat the virus, said a report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…

Canada, host to what organizers bill as the largest global gathering on AIDS and HIV, has not taken seriously its avowed effort to help defeat the pandemic, a…

Nokhwezi Hoboyi never imagined she would live to see her 25th birthday.

The petite woman’s playful smile masks memories of her life slipping away just two years ago, bed-ridden…

Can the drugs that keep HIV-positive people alive also make it safer to enjoy carefree sex - much as during the pre-AIDS 1970s?

Health officials in…

An HIV/AIDS epidemic may kill 11 million people in India over the next 20 years, the Times of India reported on Wednesday, citing official census figures.

Along…

HIV-infected patients in sub-Saharan Africa are more likely to adhere closely to their treatment regimen than are patients in North America, a multinational team of researchers reports in the Journal…

Local leaders from across rural India are to draw up an action plan to help stem the spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in villages, where the majority of…

Stopping antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients from time to time could reduce the side effects and costs of the treatment, according to a study in this week’s issue…

A decade after the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for HIV infection in Europe and North America, the risk of AIDS and death remains low for those…

A Cambodian court has jailed an HIV-positive man for 10 years for raping his wife without using a condom, the first conviction under landmark AIDS laws introduced in 2003,…