Dec 01 Watch 6:03 On World AIDS Day, a look at inequalities and treatment advances By PBS NewsHour New medical treatment for HIV is helping the nearly 38 million people living with the virus globally. On World AIDS Day, Celeste Watkins-Hayes, a professor at Northwestern University and author of “Remaking a Life: How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront… Continue watching
Jul 02 CRISPR gene-editing ‘eliminates’ HIV in some mice. What does it mean for humans? By Berly McCoy Antiretroviral therapy is the standard HIV treatment, but patients are never rid of the virus. A new study raises the possibility of HIV elimination through gene-editing with CRISPR. Continue reading
Apr 17 U.S. ‘concerned’ over misused funds allegations at UNAIDS By Maria Cheng, Jamey Keaten, Associated Press The U.S. government has expressed concern about allegations of misused funds at the U.N.'s AIDS agency after a report by The Associated Press this week revealed ongoing financial and sexual misconduct problems at the agency. Continue reading
Mar 28 Surgeons perform kidney transplant from donor living with HIV By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press The surgery is believed to be the first kidney transplant from a living donor with HIV, a milestone for patients with the AIDS virus who need a new organ. Continue reading
Mar 05 Watch 5:50 News Wrap: Trump blasts House investigations as ‘a disgrace’ In our news wrap Tuesday, President Trump blasted congressional Democrats over a series of new investigations into his administration. The House Judiciary Committee is seeking information from 81 people linked to the president, who calls the probes “a disgrace.” Also,… Continue watching
Mar 05 A second person seems to be HIV-free after stem cell transplant By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press The transplant changed the London patient's immune system, giving him the donor's gene mutation and HIV resistance. Continue reading
Feb 16 Watch 10:11 On the front lines: One doctor’s decades-long fight to heal Haiti By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green A devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti created an unprecedented health crisis that led the U.S. to grant Haitians Temporary Protected Status. But with the Trump administration's plan to eliminate TPS, 60,000 Haitians living in the U.S. may be deported. NewsHour… Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch 10:48 How realistic is Trump’s pledge to end HIV in the U.S.? In his State of the Union address, President Trump promised that his administration would try to end the transmission of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. William Brangham learns more from Jon Cohen of Science Magazine and Carlos del Rio of Emory… Continue watching
Sep 29 The end of HIV transmission in the U.S.: A once-unthinkable dream becomes an openly discussed goal By Helen Branswell, STAT The struggle against HIV may be undergoing a sea change. Continue reading
Jun 26 Twitter Chat: How AIDS continues to grip at-risk communities By Lora Strum Russia, Nigeria and Florida are three of the regions hardest hit by the HIV/AIDS crisis. The PBS NewsHour will be joined on Twitter on June 26 at 1 p.m. EDT to discuss why the AIDS epidemic continues to cripple these… Continue reading