Health workers take blood samples of people who want to undertake voluntary HIV and AIDS testing inside the University of the Philippines Manila on November 29, 2019 during the Alpha Phi Omega ...

HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. HIV/AIDS is spread through sexual contact with an infected person, sharing needles with an infected ...

Despite decades of awareness, HIV misinformation is still rampant, from WhatsApp forwards that confuse HIV with AIDS to everyday myths about transmission. This confusion fuels stigma and prevents ...

HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that can cause AIDS if left untreated, is much less of a transmission risk today than it was 20 years ago, thanks to public awareness about prevention (and ...

World AIDS Day is observed on December 1st each year. This day is significant for raising awareness about HIV/AIDS and supporting individuals living with the virus. It provides an opportunity to ...

Human immunodeficiency virus or HIV continues to remain a major global public health issue, and has claimed an estimated of 42.3 million lives to this date, notes the World Health Organization (WHO).

Acute infection, or acute retroviral syndrome, which can produce flu-like symptoms in the first month after infection. Clinical latency, or asymptomatic HIV infection, in which HIV reproduces at lower ...