The state of AIDS

How to reduce HIV in Zimbabwe? Make women uglier.

Politics

Zimbabwean senator suggests that women shave their heads, dress badly and stop taking baths to reduce their attractiveness.

Startling rise in HIV/AIDS in US black community

Commentary

First HIV prevention drug approved by FDA in US

Lifestyle

Cure for AIDS: Two men are HIV free, but “cure” wrong word

Lifestyle

Namibia: HIV-positive women were sterilized without consent, court rules

HIV made deadly strain of Salmonella, researchers say

Lifestyle

A Salmonella outbreak in Africa can be traced back to HIV.

AIDS vaccine ‘a step closer’ after HIV antibodies discovery

Lifestyle

Scientists found that two HIV-infected women in South Africa produced antibodies capable of neutralizing and killing 88 percent of known strains of the virus that causes AIDS.

New HIV color test to improve diagnosis in the developing world

Lifestyle

Scientists have come up with an HIV test that is ten times more sensitive and a fraction of the cost of existing methods.

HIV infection rates fall 50 percent in 25 nations, report says

Lifestyle

New HIV infection rates are falling in sub-Saharan countries in Africa the most, World AIDS Day report says.

Half of US youths with HIV don’t know they have it, new study says

Lifestyle

HIV is striking young people in the United States, and half of its victims don’t even know it.