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 ...

HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. HIV/AIDS is spread through sexual contact with an infected person, sharing needles with an infected ...

While it is true that HIV has become a "manageable disease" since the mid-90s, the reality is people are still dying from it today. The medications do work in most cases to suppress the virus, but ...

Last weekend, communities nationwide marked Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, or NBHAAD, during an urgent time for people living with the disease and those who support them. More than four decades after ...

U.S. federal health officials announced a new rule in November that allows kidney and liver transplants between HIV-positive donors and recipients in clinical practice, contrary to social media posts ...

Today, that fight continues as Indiana confronts the urgent need to reform its HIV criminal laws and remove stigma from our ...

Indiana's antiquated laws regarding HIV defy modern science and undermine public health by reinforcing stigma.