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April 27, 2016

Study finds HIV-positive men age 5 years faster

HIV-positive people are aging faster than their HIV-negative peers, putting them at earlier risk of things like dementia, osteoporosis, and heart disease, according to a study published last week in Molecular Cell.

April 20, 2016

Global HIV drive hampered without drugs for 'neglected' West and Central Africa

A global drive to help curb the HIV epidemic by 2020 will fail unless millions of people with the virus in West and Central Africa receive life-saving drugs, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Wednesday.

April 15, 2016

US teens getting less formal sex education since 2006

Formal instruction about birth control and other aspects of sexual health in the U.S. is on the decline, according to an analysis of survey data from 2006 to 2013.

April 5, 2016

Gay men follow HIV prevention regimen, if MDs prescribe it

Gay and bisexual men who take a Truvada pill daily to prevent infection with HIV did better than researchers expected at sticking to their medication schedule, according to a new report.

April 4, 2016

Targeting social media may increase HIV testing among gay men

Promoting HIV testing on some of the same social media sites that men who have sex with men and transgender people use to meet friends and sex partners can raise testing rates in these communities, according to results of a U.S. trial.

April 2, 2016

Cure for HIV reportedly 3 years away

A cure for HIV and AIDS reportedly could be just a few years away after scientists have been able to successfully snip away the virus from infected cells and prevent the disease from returning.

April 1, 2016

Drug shortages prompt question: Are some medicines too cheap?

Philip Aubrey buys medicines for British government-funded hospitals across London, capital of the world's fifth-largest economy, but last year he struggled to secure supplies of a basic AIDS drug.

March 30, 2016

Hopkins begins nation's first HIV-positive organ transplants

Surgeons in Baltimore for the first time have transplanted organs between an HIV-positive donor and HIV-positive recipients.

March 16, 2016

2 Washington hospitals urge HIV tests after syringe swap

Two hospitals in Washington state have urged nearly 1,500 patients to get tested for hepatitis and HIV after a former surgery technician was charged with stealing and swapping a syringe.

March 10, 2016

Low-cost TB test for HIV patients can save thousands of lives: researcher

A low-cost urine test that detects tuberculosis in people living with HIV can save thousands of lives, many of them in sub-Saharan Africa, a Cape Town University researcher said on Wednesday.