The transmission risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) varies by the type of exposure. But proven tools can help make getting HIV preventable. As scientists continue to investigate and evaluate ...

Abstinence is the only proven way to prevent transmission. The next-best ways? Below, Stacey Rizza, MD, an infectious disease specialist at Mayo Clinic, weighs in. Having another STI (gonorrhea, ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WRIC) — Researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) have found a previously unknown factor in the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that could lead to new ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a germ that causes a lifelong infection that slowly weakens the immune system. Though the infection is lifelong, medicines can keep the virus in check and help ...

A man in Norway has achieved long-term HIV remission after a stem cell transplant from his brother. Researchers say rare ...

A long-standing belief about HIV has quietly shaped how scientists think about the virus. For decades, researchers described ...

Researchers at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) have used engineering biology—an emerging technology that uses ...