Medically reviewed by Jordana Haber Hazan, MD Key Takeaways HIV cannot spread through casual contact, like hugging or sharing ...

The health professional gave an interview to ‘The Voice of Health’ in which he spoke in detail about this sexually ...

Given how mosquitoes bite multiple people in a short amount of time, it's understandable to wonder if these insects could spread HIV. The thought of contracting HIV from a mosquito bite can be ...

Among adults, HIV is transmitted mainly by unprotected sex but also by unsterile hypodermic needles and transfusions of contaminated blood. Mother-child transmission can occur during pregnancy, birth, ...

The landscape of HIV prevention has undergone a profound transformation with significant advancements in medical interventions and a deeper understanding of how the virus spreads. These developments ...

As the world observes HIV/AIDS Awareness Month, attention turns to education, stigma reduction, and empowering communities to ...

Bihar’s Sitamarhi district is reporting over 7,400 HIV-positive cases, including more than 400 children, raising major public ...

You may have heard about Biktarvy, a medicine approved by the FDA in 2018 to treat people with HIV who have not been treated yet. It may also be used to replace another medicine for treating HIV in ...

MultiCare primary care physician Rachel Safran, who has specialized in HIV care for many years, has seen how care has changed. When the sexually-transmitted disease first arose in the 1980s and long ...

Left: Structure of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Note the envelope protein that protects the virus against immunological detection and the small genome consisting of two short strands of RNA ...