A generation has passed since the world saw the peak in AIDS-related deaths. Those deaths — agonizing, from diseases the body ...

Pseudoscience has recently re-emerged in the U.S. While much of it concerns vaccines, an "oldie" is again making the rounds: HIV is neither the cause nor the sole cause of AIDS. This nonsense has been ...

You can also have a weakened immune system if you smoke, drink alcohol, or don't get proper nutrition. Viral infections such as HIV/AIDS can also severely compromise your immune system because it ...

Both are more common -- and often more severe -- in people with a weaker immune system due to HIV. Doctors usually treat them with antibiotics. But they may be harder to cure if your defenses aren ...

If left untreated, an HIV infection develops into a severe disease called acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). At that point, the virus has completely destroyed the immune system — this ...

The immune systems of cancer patients are highly disrupted, with those who have a higher number of immune cells in their blood having a better survival rate, finds a new study that uses a pioneering ...

The administration’s recent abrupt changes to foreign assistance have created confusion, disorder, and delays in care that ...

Originally published in the Mercury's sister publication The Stranger, as part of its Love & Sex Issue.] On July 3, 1981, the ...

Cystic Fibrosis Damages the Immune System Early on Feb. 6, 2025 — Despite new medication, cystic fibrosis often leads to permanent lung damage. Researchers have discovered that the disease ...

The HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Senegal stands at just 0.3 per cent, Executive Secretary of the National Council for the ...

FILE – AIDS activists stage a mock “die-in ... But a person can easily spread HIV to others, and the immune system becomes vulnerable to what are called opportunistic diseases.