(Foster City, Calif.) Gilead Sciences Inc. said Wednesday its experimental four-drug HIV regimen is working as well as its current drug cocktail in a mid-stage clinical trial. Gilead said the regimen of two experimental drugs called elvitegravir and GS 9350, as well as the combination drug Truvada,...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – A bill that would provide affordable housing protection for more people living with HIV/AIDS in New York City is getting support from both chambers of the state legislature. The measure would allow the city’s HIV/AIDS Services Administration to extend a cap on rent contributions...

Researchers in psychoimmunology — a branch of medicine that studies the effects of psychological and social factors on the functioning of the immune system — have long determined that stress and feelings of being stigmatized may negatively affect a person’s health. For those whose immune...

LIKE millions of other Americans, Dominic Bash has a Twitter account, an online wall and a network of friends on the Web. His Facebook-style profile features Mr. Bash’s occupation as a hairdresser at the Abbey in Philadelphia, lists his birthday, the names of good friends, his interests and hobbies....

(Pretoria, South Africa) — South Africa announced ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the nation hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS. President Jacob Zuma –...

Health professionals and community members continue to work avidly toward developing a vaccine for the AIDS virus Gay and bisexual men account for more new HIV infections in the U.S. – 53 percent – than any other population group. Moreover, this is the only risk group in the nation in which...

(JOHANNESBURG) The head of the U.N. AIDS program says South Africa is the ideal place for him to visit on World AIDS Day. Michel Sidibe, speaking to The Associated Press in Johannesburg Monday, on the eve of World AIDS Day, says that while South Africa has more people infected with the AIDS virus than...

December 1 - World AIDS Day GENEVA — In its first study of women’s health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44. Unsafe sex is the leading risk factor in developing countries...