October 26, 2015 Brazil takes advantage of World Cup crowds to test for HIV Brazilian health officials handed out condoms to World Cup fans in Sao Paulo on Friday and took advantage of festivities in the city to test people for HIV.
October 26, 2015 Gene therapy may control HIV without drugs A strategy to genetically modify cells from people infected with HIV could become a way to control the virus that causes AIDS without using antiviral drugs, according to results from an early-stage trial that were published on Wednesday.
October 26, 2015 Major study finds earlier HIV treatment improves health, NIH says A major international study sought to settle how soon is best to start HIV treatment - and the advice is don't delay.
October 26, 2015 HIV infections rise, thwart Brazil's AIDS efforts The devastating news didn't make sense to Brazilian Pierre Freitaz. How was it possible that, at age 17, he was infected with HIV if his only boyfriend seemed fit and healthy?
October 26, 2015 Scientists find new, aggressive strain of HIV in Cuba Scientists have found an aggressive strain of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Cuba that they say can progress to AIDS so rapidly that patients may not even know they are infected before symptoms appear, Medical News Today reported.
October 26, 2015 FDA shuts down Miami-area blood bank for multiple violations Federal authorities have suspended the license of a Miami-area blood bank for violations that include improperly notifying donors who may have been HIV-positive.
October 26, 2015 Mental health issues may increase HIV risk among gay, bisexual men Gay and bisexual men are at increased risk of acquiring the virus that leads to AIDS if they have mental health problems, according to a new study.
October 26, 2015 Doctors use HIV as tool to send man's cancer into remission A Utah man's leukemia is in remission after facing an unusual enemy: HIV.
October 26, 2015 Doctors say teen's HIV in check for 12 years without drugs An 18-year-old French teen born with the AIDS virus has had her infection under control and nearly undetectable despite stopping treatment 12 years ago - an unprecedented remission, doctors are reporting.
October 26, 2015 HIV-related deaths still high but declining among blacks, CDC says Deaths among HIV-diagnosed blacks in the United States have fallen, but the rate among this group of Americans remains higher than it is in whites, Hispanics or Latinos, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report released Friday.
