There have been no definite cases of HIV infection among healthcare workers following an occupational needlestick injury in the UK since 1999.

The failure of one of the largest trials yet conducted of HIV drug-based prevention methods poses questions for how to turn vaginal microbicides and oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) into methods ...

Having an undetectable viral load means that there is not enough of the virus in body fluids to pass on HIV during sex. This is sometimes referred to as 'U=U'.

South Africa’s public sector will save US$326 million over the next three years as a result of competitive tendering exercise that pushed the price of a fixed combination of tenofovir, lamivudine and ...

A study presented at the recent 25th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2018) aims to quantify how many people with HIV there might be in the community who both have a ...

The British HIV Association (BHIVA) has recommended that everyone living with HIV aged 40 and over should take a statin to reduce their risk of heart disease, even if they do not have raised ...

A man dubbed the 'Geneva patient' appears to be the latest person cured of HIV after a stem cell transplant for cancer treatment. Unlike the other five known cases, however, he received stem cells ...

South Africa is expected to begin piloting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in 2023, health financing mechanism Unitaid tells aidsmap. The demonstration study will be the first of many ...

Over half of funding for anti-gender actors in Europe appears to come from within Europe itself, with significant amounts of money also flowing from the US and the Russian Federation, according to ...

The chance of any HIV-positive person with an undetectable viral load transmitting the virus to a sexual partner is scientifically equivalent to zero, researchers confirmed at the 22nd International ...

The majority of South African HIV patients could be switched to the World Health Organization’s recommended first-line regimen if the country adopts advice from leading doctors. This would allow most ...

A PrEP user in New York City has become HIV positive with virus that is resistant to Truvada and other antiretroviral drugs, the HIV Research for Prevention (HIVR4P 2016) conference in Chicago heard ...