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 ...

A couple of years ago, Matthew Hurley got the kind of text people fear. It said: "When was the last time you were STD tested?" Someone Hurley had recently had unprotected sex with had just tested ...

Masonia Traylor folded into a ball in the corner of the patient room. "No," the 23-year-old screamed, over and over again. She was HIV-positive. It came as a surprise to the now 38-year-old from ...

The preventive treatment is known as PrEP, for pre-exposure prophylaxis. Eric McCulley made the decision to start PrEP. He's 40, gay and HIV-negative. Outside an Atlanta coffee shop, he pulls out a ...

CAR-T cell therapy is already a potent treatment for certain cancers. Now, a small study is showing early promise for ...

The effort to protect babies from HIV is working. It's also in danger.

Two years ago, at the 2023 STAT Summit in Boston, Dr. Kimberly Smith of ViiV Healthcare laid out five steps she saw as critical to end the HIV epidemic: Getting tested, finding treatment, taking ...

After feeling alone in her HIV diagnosis, one mom is now speaking out so others don’t have to face the same silence, despite ...

Black people account for almost 40% of people living with HIV in the U.S., despite only representing 12% of the population. To address this disparity, Emil Wilbekin — the founder of Native Son, a ...

Over 132,000 people in Florida live with HIV, according to 2024 state health data. In Alachua County, approximately 370 of ...

A new HIV prevention injection could change the course of the epidemic — but only if people trust it. Research shows we can pre-empt the false claims already forming around it. The window is open now.