HIV/AIDS

As news of a second patient entering remission makes headlines, we take a look back at the first time doctors vanquished the virus.

The settlement was reached after a major mailing mishap revealed the HIV status of thousands of patients.

Spanish flu, HIV/AIDS, drug overdoses: Epidemics that affect the young often show up dramatically in the data.

Manipulating people with social science, for good.

A study of a South African mining company indicates shelling out for AIDS drugs could save $1 million or more every year.

Female condoms are important because they're the one STI-preventing contraceptive that's woman-controlled.

The Indiana HIV outbreak highlights the need for science-based drug policy.

The U.S. government classifies all chimpanzees as endangered, after decades of stalling.

Mother and child health and HIV/AIDS receive lots of charitable funding, while non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease, get far less.

A discovery raises the possibility of using a fungal enzyme to deliver drugs directly into the brain.

A pervasive fungus, passed along by pigeon droppings, can kill HIV patients by using a Trojan Horse strategy to invade their brains.

Many countries are starting to rely less on foreign aid for their HIV prevention and treatment programs. But the transition can be tricky.