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,…

Ten years after they were introduced in Europe and North America, HIV/AIDS drugs are still effective but many patients are not being put on them soon enough, scientists said on…

More than 15,000 Canadians have HIV-AIDS but don’t know it, says a new report by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

The study says about 58,000 people in…

Practical advice and individualized attention can help people with HIV stick to a consistent drug regimen, according to a new review of studies.

The studies were too different…

Thousands of HIV-positive children face discrimination in Romania, where vast, filthy orphanages were a breeding ground for AIDS before the 1989 fall of communism, a human rights group said…

Canada said on Monday it needed to do more to fight the spread of the HIV virus and AIDS after new data showed the number of victims infected…