Two years ago, the Opposites Attract study found no transmissions between 343 regular gay couples of differing HIV status where the HIV-positive partner had a viral load under 200 copies/ml, the ...

World Health Organization (WHO) is establishing an HIV pharmacovigilance programme in order to map more accurately the incidence of side effects caused by antiretroviral drugs, and to determine ...

There have been no definite cases of HIV infection among healthcare workers following an occupational needlestick injury in the UK since 1999.

Having an undetectable viral load means that there is not enough of the virus in body fluids to pass on HIV during sex. This is sometimes referred to as 'U=U'.

A study presented at the recent 25th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2018) aims to quantify how many people with HIV there might be in the community who both have a ...

A man dubbed the 'Geneva patient' appears to be the latest person cured of HIV after a stem cell transplant for cancer treatment. Unlike the other five known cases, however, he received stem cells ...

A man in southern California, dubbed the 'City of Hope patient', appears to be the latest person cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor with a rare mutation, bringing the ...

South Africa is expected to begin piloting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in 2023, health financing mechanism Unitaid tells aidsmap. The demonstration study will be the first of many ...

Rectal douching may put men who have sex with men (MSM) at increased risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), according to research published in Sexually Transmitted Infections.

Investigators in Taiwan have identified a case of HIV transmission due to a knife fight. The case is reported in the online edition of AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. The researchers used ...

We do not know how much injectable cabotegravir, the first long-acting formulation of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), will be priced at when it comes on the market, probably late this year or early ...

The British HIV Association (BHIVA) conference in Gateshead this week heard the results of the first year’s rollout of opt-out testing for HIV and hepatitis B and C for all patients attending ...