The program known as PEPFAR is one of the most effective and popular U.S. foreign aid projects in history, and the government ...

A landmark breakthrough in HIV prevention — a scientific feat decades in the making — received final approval from the Food ...

Merck MRK recently launched two late-stage clinical studies to evaluate MK-8527, its investigational once-monthly oral pill for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The EXPrESSIVE-11 study, which ...

This 2011 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control shows HIV virions. On Wednesday, Sept.

An estimated 39 million people around the world are living with HIV — and, while treatment options can ensure they have long, healthy lives, there is no known cure. Antiretroviral therapy (ART ...

Two more people have been potentially cured of HIV after receiving stem cell transplants to treat blood cancer or bone marrow disease, physicians reported Monday.

One of them is the report of a 7th person who has likely been cured of HIV. And there’s something unique about this case that has sparked excitement among scientists.

The "Dusseldorf patient" spoke at last week's AIDS 2024 conference in Munich. Here's what doctors did — and what they say about their ability to replicate the procedure.

The first person to be cured of HIV was Timothy Ray Brown, an American who received a pioneering stem cell transplant back in 2007, six years before Franke.

MUNICH, Germany – “You can’t imagine what I went through,” says Marc Franke, a 55-year-old German software engineer who has achieved global fame within the scientific community after becoming just the ...

One of the 7 people cured of HIV tells his story. Can his cure work for others? By David Cox Published July 30, 2024 at 11:52 AM EDT Lena Mucha for NPR ...