Customs and Border Protection Is Separating Families Based on HIV Status
Health and Human Services removed HIV from a list of communicable diseases that bar immigrants from entry into the United States in 2010.
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HIV Rates Are Rising Across the American South in States That Didn’t Expand Medicaid
Dramatically reducing HIV infections in the next decade will prove very difficult—and may be impossible with cuts to Medicaid or the repeal of the ACA.
Remembering the First Time a Patient Was Cured of HIV
As news of a second patient entering remission makes headlines, we take a look back at the first time doctors vanquished the virus.
Researchers Say Trump’s Pledge to ‘Defeat AIDS in America’ Is Achievable. What’s Standing in the Way?
Many of the Trump administration's own policies undermine this goal.
The Chinese Scientist Who Engineered HIV-Resistant Babies May Now Face Legal Consequences
A Chinese scientist who engineered the first gene-edited babies may now face serious charges for fraudulent practices.
Why Gene Therapy Is No Longer a Pipe Dream
After decades of disappointment, cures to once-incurable diseases seem within reach.
As American HIV Rates Stall, the CDC Calls for a Controversial Solution
Since the peak of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and ’90s, the number of Americans who have…
HIV’s Patient Zero Who Wasn’t
A new study finds HIV came to New York around 1971 via Haiti, then spread to San Francisco…
Malawi’s Secret Weapon Against HIV: Male Circumcision
The small African country has significantly lowered its rates of HIV/AIDS — in no small part through circumcising men and…
The Law of Positive Attraction
HIV exposure laws criminalize private lies in the name of public health, but as medical treatment improves are…