But it also helped fund research meant to contribute in a variety of ways to greater domestic oversight of the HIV response. This article is free to read - just register or sign in Access news ...

An annual injection designed to guard against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has completed an important early safety trial, researchers report in The Lancet, external medical journal.

Toronto Public Health has sent letters to around 2,500 patients, notifying them of potential exposure to HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C due to an infection control breach at a Toronto ...

Doing regular self-checks on your skin is important to find skin cancer early. If you're high-risk, it’s especially vital. Dr. Cecilia Larocca, a dermatologist at ...

Predictive values depend on prevalence of the target analyte. NPVs of HIV tests and testing strategies are always high even if the sensitivity and/or specificity of tests is suboptimal (see text).

United States funding cuts to HIV/AIDS programmes in many African countries could lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths on the continent, health experts and aid organisations have warned.

A follow-up study was conducted on a sample of 120 ethnically diverse HIV positive men and women first interviewed in 2000. Of the 86 survivors, 37 (43%) were able to be contacted 7–8 years ...

The US government's sudden decision to axe funding for HIV programmes is a "wake-up call" for South Africa, the country's health minister has told the BBC. Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, responding to US ...