A vaccine that is able to work as a treatment for HIV-infected patients has been an elusive goal. Now experiments on macaques suggest that injections of modified dendritic cells might boost immunity ...

December 10, 2008 — Surveillance case definitions have been revised for HIV infection in adults, adolescents, and children younger than 18 months of age and for HIV infection and AIDS in children aged ...

For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think ...

Indian River County recorded the highest rate of new cases on the Treasure Coast, with 14 per 100,000 people diagnosed with ...

A recent CDC report documented a case of HIV infection in three women who received cosmetic injections in 2018. Although disturbing, this news is not catastrophic, like it would have been three ...

Deniz Gökengin thinks colleagues view her as “a very serious, hardworking, meticulous, control-freak type of person”. But she ...

For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman's chances of getting HIV from an infected partner in a study in South Africa. Scientists called ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Giving an AIDS-fighting drug to men who are at high risk of HIV infection would cost billions, but it might be worth it terms of reducing infection rates, U.S. researchers said on ...

LONDON (Reuters) - AIDS drugs designed to treat HIV can also be used to reduce dramatically the risk of infection among heterosexual couples, two studies conducted in Africa showed for the first time ...

Researchers say that a new AIDS vaccine is somewhat protective against the strain of HIV that is circulating in Southeast Asia. The vaccine, which combines two earlier vaccines that failed to protect ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The AIDS infection rate among pregnant women in South Africa stayed at about 30 percent last year, according to a government report Friday that said the infection rate was ...

Bacterial infections can spread quickly, especially in hospital settings or crowded communities, where vulnerable people are ...