Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease, with the first case linked to a 32-year-old nurse in Kampala.

The first known case of HIV-1 infection in human was detected in 1959, from a blood sample of a man in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. However, the source of his infection is not known.

Observational studies are critical tools in clinical research and public health response, but challenges arise in ensuring ...

These medications: lower the level of HIV in your body (suppress your viral load) slow the spread of the virus in your body, which protects the immune system HIV treatment improves the health of ...

HIV is spread by bodily fluids such as blood, breast milk or semen. It gradually weakens the body’s immune system and makes ...

Positive HIV status as well as socioeconomic disadvantages, not breastfeeding, are associated with infant length and birth ...

The trial confirmed a 96% reduction in HIV infection risk for those receiving lenacapavir, with near-total protection among adherent participants. This level of efficacy rivals and even surpasses ...

Updated Hep B Vaccine More Effective for People With HIV Dec. 10, 2024 — A newer vaccine against hepatitis B virus was clearly superior to an older vaccine type in inducing a protective antibody ...

UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima said HIV infections have been falling in recent years, with just 1.3 million new cases recorded in 2023, a 60% decline since the virus peaked in 1995.

But now, that progress is at risk. The recent pause in United States foreign assistance poses a direct threat to the lives ...

The influenza A virus genome consists of eight segments of single-stranded, negative-sense viral RNA, which encode multiple ...