Among the more than 1 million people in the U.S. living with HIV, 19 percent meet the criteria for an alcohol use disorder. The consequences can be severe, with heavy drinking associated with ...

The city's axess sexual health service is piloting a new online platform that will deliver preventative HIV medication PrEP direct to patients without the need for them to have an in-person ...

HIV can't tell a physician from a nurse practitioner, and studies suggest that who cares for someone with HIV has no effect on the patient's outcome With that in mind, the Johns Hopkins School of ...

In Part 1 of a three-part story that originally appeared in the School of Nursing's Science of Caring, Andrew Schwartz reports on how nurses and nurse researchers in sub-Saharan Africa - mostly women ...

A diagnosis of HIV/AIDS is no longer a death sentence. But, there are still barriers to care that go beyond medication, especially to one of the country’s most atrisk populations, African-American ...

A resident exercises in the physical therapy gym at Broadway House for Continuing Care, the only US nursing home to receive funding through the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. (Photo: Courtesy of ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Assistant Professor Jenni Wise (BSN 2008, MSN 2015, PhD 2019) has received National of Institutes of Health funding to support her research on the ...

People with HIV can breastfeed their babies, as long as they are taking medications that effectively suppress the virus that causes AIDS, a top U.S. pediatricians’ group said Monday in a sharp policy ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Infection by HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, can actually be prevented. In the lab, the drug tenofovir blocks HIV before it can attack cells. But ...

Don’t expect your doctor to nudge you toward an HIV test anytime soon, despite bold new government advice that most Americans be tested for the AIDS virus. Public health experts say testing in many ...

Alere to Develop Simple, Affordable Point-of-Care Nucleic Acid Test for Tuberculosis & Expand Manufacturing for POC HIV Viral Load Platform WALTHAM, Mass., March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Alere Inc.