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.
A second person seems to be HIV-free after stem cell transplant
The transplant changed the London patient's immune system, giving him the donor's gene mutation and HIV resistance.
The end of HIV transmission in the U.S.: A once-unthinkable dream becomes an openly discussed goal
The struggle against HIV may be undergoing a sea change.
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Isolation and stigma sustain HIV in the South: ‘It’s like we’re on a deserted island’
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…
Thousands of people with HIV received mailed letters from Aetna last month that may have disclosed their HIV status on the envelope.
An exhibit examines the role the domestic sphere has played in the HIV/AIDS epidemic from the 1980s to the present as a space for activism and social support.
Truvada was first approved for preventive use in the United States in 2012, and has been shown to significantly reduce the chance of infection.
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