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HIV

By Sarah Aldridge | 04.11.2013

Legislation calls for lifting 25-year ban.

Computer program helps HIV patients improve brain function
By Sarah Aldridge | 04.10.2013

Study shows Improvement in over 90% of participants.

Modern medicine is helping tackle HIV
By Sarah Aldridge | 02.06.2013

New drugs provide strong defense.

By Sarah Aldridge | 04.13.2012

An October 2011 study revealed a novel characteristic of HIV.

Vaughn Ripley
By Melanie Padgett Powers | 11.14.2011

Vaughn Ripley, who has hemophilia and HIV, aims run 100 triathlons.

Baby boy crawling
By Heather Boerner | 09.19.2011

More than 50% of couples in which one partner is HIV-positive want to have children. What are their family planning options?

Needle
By Melanie Padgett Powers | 09.15.2011

Children and adults with bleeding disorders can and should receive the recommended immunizations for their age group.

By Sarah Aldridge | 08.22.2011

Elite HIV controllers have nearly undetectable levels of the virus, and researchers are trying to figure out why.

Man in shadow
By Mary Dixon Lebeau | 12.01.2010

Honoring those with hemophilia who became infected with HIV.

HIV Research
By Molly Polen | 01.15.2010

New research by scientists at the University of Michigan could lead to the development of drugs to combat HIV/AIDS in the next decade.

Door
By Bridget Murray Law | 01.14.2010

In 1987, when people found out Shawn Decker was HIV-positive, he was shunned. School administrators quietly ushered the 11-year-old out of sixth grade for fear he would bleed in school and endanger classmates.

yoga mats
By Matt McMillen | 01.07.2010

Stress greatly increases the risk that HIV will progress to AIDS.

HIV Research
By Sarah Aldridge | 01.06.2010

For decades, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has confounded researchers trying to eradicate it.

Prescription drugs
By Molly Polen | 12.14.2009

The FDA’s approval of etravirine is based primarily on data from 599 adults who received the drug in two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials.

Blood samples
By Molly Polen | 12.14.2009

Since HIV makes only 15 of its own proteins, it must commandeer human cell proteins for successful infection.

Prescription
By Molly Polen | 12.13.2009

The drug is for people with HIV who have not responded well to other HIV medications.

String around a finger
By Bruce Goldfarb | 12.09.2009

Simple forgetfulness is one of the most common reasons that a person fails to adhere to a drug regimen.