What Pence’s handling of an HIV outbreak means for his coronavirus role
Pence has been tapped to lead the nation's response to the novel coronavirus, but critics have raised concerns about his handling of another viral outbreak -- HIV in rural Indiana.
Long-term survivors of HIV/AIDS reflect on what they’ve witnessed and endured
"Those of us who are longtime survivors — there are other things popping up now because we weren’t expected to live this long," one HIV survivor said.
CRISPR gene-editing ‘eliminates’ HIV in some mice. What does it mean for humans?
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.
Surgeons perform kidney transplant from donor living with HIV
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.
The transplant changed the London patient's immune system, giving him the donor's gene mutation and HIV resistance.
The struggle against HIV may be undergoing a sea change.
In the rural South, poverty, prejudice and lack of health care are exacerbating the spread of HIV, making it the epicenter of HIV/AIDS in America. William Brangham and Jason Kane, along with Jon Cohen of Science magazine, meet some who…
The tourist mecca of Miami is also a hotbed of HIV transmission. While city and state officials have launched an ambitious plan to tackle the crisis, William Brangham and Jason Kane join Jon Cohen of Science magazine to look at…
Central Asia and Eastern Europe have the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic, and Russia accounts for more than 80 percent of those infections. As at-risk groups like injection drug users are stigmatized and ignored, health officials say the death toll…
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