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Scientists found a way to make the HIV virus visible, potentially laying the groundwork for ways to banish it from the body altogether.
Health & Medicine

“Gasping”: Scientists Make Breakthrough Toward Full Cure for HIV

By Victor Tangermann

AIDS denialist RFK Jr. is reportedly planning to shut down an HIV prevention office just a few weeks after raiding a poppers company.
Health & Medicine

Man Who Believes Poppers Cause AIDS Is Planning to Gut America’s HIV Prevention Office

By Noor Al-Sibai

People have already started dying due to cuts in foreign aid from DOGE agency — but Elon Musk insists they have not.
Elon Musk

Mothers and Children Are Already Dying Because of Elon Musk’s Cuts

By Noor Al-Sibai

Billionaire Elon Musk's assault on USAID is already proving devastating for ongoing, life-saving research, including HIV vaccine trials.
Developments

Elon Musk’s Assault on the Government Has Canceled a Human Trial for a Promising HIV Vaccine

By Victor Tangermann

At least three women were diagnosed with HIV after receiving a bloody "vampire facial" at an unlicensed New Mexico wellness spa.
Developments

Women Diagnosed With HIV After “Vampire Facial” Procedures Popularized by Kim Kardashian

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Joe Rogan seems to think that HIV doesn't cause AIDS — but that "party drugs," including poppers, just might.
Health & Medicine

Joe Rogan’s Idiotic New Theory: AIDS Is Caused by Poppers

By Noor Al-Sibai

First Woman Reportedly Cured of HIV
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First Woman Reportedly Cured of HIV

By Victor Tangermann

British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline is ready to start human trials of its potential cure for HIV some time next year.
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Pharma Company to Start Human Trials of HIV Cure Next Year

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers in Japan has created a vaccine that was able to kill a type of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in macaques during an early trial.
Health & Medicine

New Vaccine Kills HIV in Monkeys, Researchers Planning Human Trial

By Victor Tangermann

Three charities have launched the world's first sperm bank for HIV-positive donors called Sperm Positive in New Zealand. Three men have already signed up.
Developments

New Zealand Opens World’s First HIV-Positive Sperm Bank

By Victor Tangermann

An HIV implant that delivers preventative medications proved effective and well-tolerated in an initial trial, according to its developer.
Health & Medicine

This Tiny Implant Could Prevent HIV for an Entire Year

By Kristin Houser

Using a combination of CRISPR and antiretroviral therapy, researcher eliminated the HIV virus from the genomes of mice engineered to produce human T cells.
Health & Medicine

CRISPR Helps Scientists Cure HIV In Living Animals For First Time

By Kristin Houser

Researchers discover that antiretroviral therapy (ART) completely eliminates gay men's risk of HIV transmission through sex.
Treatments

Study Finds “Zero Risk” of HIV Transmission During Drug Treatment

By Kristin Houser

A third patient appears HIV-free following the same time of bone marrow transplant used to treat two others reportedly cured of the virus.
Health & Medicine

A Third Patient Is Now Reportedly Cured of HIV

By Kristin Houser

European scientists say that a bone marrow transplant has permanently cured a patient's infection with HIV, which is the virus that causes AIDS.
Health & Medicine

Doctors Say They’ve Permanently Cured a Patient’s HIV

By Jon Christian

HIV vaccine
Health & Medicine

A Vaccine for HIV Is About to Be Tested in Thousands of People

By Kyree Leary