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Research shows daily doses of meds significantly reduce risk of AIDS virus infection in heterosexual couples

Drugmaker Gilead announced it would allow four antiretroviral drugs to be made by generic manufacturers to help poorer HIV/AIDS patients

When the AIDS epidemic first surfaced in the U.S.

Think you know all you need to about HIV testing and AIDS? You might be surprised at what you don't know

The panel on global health at the opening ceremony of the 61st Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau well and truly laid the gauntlet down to young researchers from around the world. On the panel was: Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft and co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Ada Yonath, Noble Laureate in Chemistry 2009 for her groundbreaking crystallography work revealing the structure and function of the ribosome; Sandra Chishimba , a malaria researcher from Zambia; and Jonathan Carlson, a researcher into HIV/AIDS at Microsoft Research. Bill Gates said that we must pay more attention to the 'silent voices' in poor countries, who don't have their medical needs met by funding from their governments or companies

Harry Smith takes a look back at the past 30 years of AIDS - from its earliest reports as a "gay cancer," to the Ryan White controversy, to the introduction of the term, "safe sex" into everyday life - and how the search for a cure continues.

Timothy Ray Brown learned he had AIDS in 1995 but following treatment shows no evidence of disease

A new interactive map of U.S. cases shows that HIV is probably more prevalent in your neighborhood than you think. It has been just 30 years since the first cases of HIV were diagnosed

The medical cannabis industry is exploding.

It is the ultimate paradox of American health care: going to the hospital can kill you. Every year nearly two million hospital-acquired infections claim roughly 100,000 lives and add $45 billion in costs; that is as many lives and dollars as taken by AIDS, breast cancer and auto accidents combined.

Scientists investigate the AIDS virus with a trio of studies involving HIV-positive twins, a failed vaccine and a protein "stop sign"

Aids researchers and advocates were devastated in 2007, when a much anticipated vaccine against HIV unexpectedly failed to protect anyone in a clinical trial of 3,000 people. Even worse, the experimental inoculation, developed with money from the Merck pharmaceutical company and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, actually increased the chances that some people would later acquire HIV

We bet you can't guess the theme of this year's World Health Day. And no, that line wasn't laced with sarcasm -- really, we bet you can't.

Elizabeth Taylor was known for using her star power for humanitarian work, in particular, helping victims of AIDS. John Blackstone looks back at the charitable side of the fallen superstar.

The new full body airport scanners received a lot of attention at the end of 2010. I travel frequently for my job so air travel is a big part of my life. I understand the need for security; I’m just not as convinced on the need for a full body scan that shows my completely exposed body.