HIV & AIDS

Pill to block HIV slated for testing

California will test an HIV-prevention pill in an attempt to slow the spread of the disease in the state, researchers announced Tuesday.

HIV & AIDS

Study finds a quarter of adults with HIV were abused as children

One in four HIV patients was found to have been sexually abused as a child, according to a two-year Duke University study of more than 600 HIV patients. Traumatic childhood experiences were also linked to worse health outcomes ...

HIV & AIDS

One in four U.S. HIV patients don't stay in care, study shows

(Medical Xpress) -- Only about 75 percent of HIV/AIDS patients in the United States remain in care consistently, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania published online ...

HIV & AIDS

Two-thirds of Myanmar HIV patients untreated: MSF

International funding cuts threaten to deepen an HIV crisis in Myanmar, where tens of thousands of people are denied lifesaving treatment, an aid agency said Wednesday.

HIV & AIDS

Lecture or listen: When patients waver on meds

Take your medicine, Doctor's orders. It's a simple idea that may seem especially obvious when the pills are the antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that add decades to the lives of HIV-positive patients. But despite the reality that ...

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