The risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a virus that can be a sexually transmitted infection (STI), is quite high during unprotected anal sex (penetrating the rectum). The anal sex risk is ...

The history of HIV in the U.S. spans more than four decades. In 1981, reports of strange illnesses began emerging in New York and California. Previously healthy young gay men were suddenly ...

Compared to other provinces, Mpumalanga had the highest HIV prevalence at 17.4% in 2022, which translates to an estimated 890 000 people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the province. The key findings of ...

If you think that you've been accidentally exposed to HIV, either through sex or other high-risk modes of transmission, there are medications you can take—called post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)—that ...

A drug currently used to treat HIV has also been found to dramatically reduce the risk of infection, significantly more than the primary option available for pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP.

A woman living with HIV says she has been unable to access publicly funded IVF treatment in Ireland due to a lack of laboratory facilities. Ireland introduced free fertility treatment for eligible ...

Metformin, a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, could help deplete the viral reservoir and eliminate it entirely in people living with HIV who receive antiretroviral therapy. Researchers at ...

People with HIV may have to take multiple medicines just to keep the virus under control. Medicines for HIV are usually taken every day, and it is crucial that people do not miss their dose or ...

But the naming itself – acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, which we now know is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV – was a milestone. How people talked about and named the ...