Background: Diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is the most effective strategy to control tuberculosis (TB) among patients with HIV infection. The tuberculin skin test (TST ...

Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injectable HIV-1 capsid inhibitor, has shown 100% efficacy in preventing HIV in women at a high risk for infection, according to an interim analysis of the phase 3 PURPOSE ...

DENVER -- Five cases of HIV infection associated with cosmetic platelet-rich plasma (PRP) microneedling, known as a "vampire facial," were linked to one spa in New Mexico, according to a report from ...

If you have HIV, you may know that you’re at higher risk for other health conditions, such as heart, kidney, and liver disease. But did you know you could be more likely to develop psoriasis, too?

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 ...

A drug currently used to treat HIV has also been found to dramatically reduce the risk of infection, significantly more than the primary option available for pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP. In a ...

Prevention—what doesn’t work? In a session entitled “Status of the U.S. HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Is It Changing and If Not, Why Not?” Harold Jaffe, MD, former head of the CDC, discussed a not-yet-published ...

ISLAMABAD: A child and an adult were reportedly exposed to HIV last month here after infected blood and components were issued by the blood bank of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences due ...

A male adult film star in California who underwent regular HIV testing still ended up contracting the virus and infecting two other men before the disease was detected. Charlie Sheen recently ...

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, can produce a more severe and more deadly form of disease in people living with advanced HIV infections, researchers wrote in the Lancet medical journal on Tuesday, ...

Animal research is pointing toward a new way to prevent HIV infection: a refillable implant that continuously delivers antiretroviral medications for up to 20 months at a time. Antiretrovirals are the ...