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Throughout human history, different infectious diseases have taken the mantle of “most deadly disease” infecting humans. In the past century alone, the human population has experienced many pandemics: COVID, HIV and various influenza outbreaks – to name a few. Some have lasted for centuries and persist today, such as tuberculosis.…

A 60-year-old German man is likely the seventh person to be effectively cured from HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant, doctors announced on Thursday.

In June 1981 The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a rare form of pneumonia in young gay men in California. Although they didn’t know it at the time, these were the first documented cases of AIDS.

The hospitals are working to notify patients who may have been exposed to HIV and Hepatitis

An anesthesiologist contracted at various Oregon health care facilities did not practice proper infection control, posing a risk to patients.

After sponsors dropped him and other players refused to work with him, Johnson used the game to shatter stigma around the disease.

Learn about Charlize Theron's CTAOP focusing on HIV prevention, education, and broader social issues in Africa through storytelling and inclusivity.

In 2019, the Ratodero scandal broke out in Pakistan. The town in the country's southern Sindh province was suddenly in the spotlight after a doctor revealed that thousands of children had been infected with HIV. An investigation showed that dangerous and illegal hygiene practices of doctors such as reusing disposable…

On the outside, he was the happy, handsome young athlete who thrilled the crowds. But as the medals piled up, he was having to hide his sexuality, HIV-positive status and the violence meted out by his partner and manager

When HIV arrived on Australian shores in the early 1980s, politicians and healthcare workers worried the virus would run rampant in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. This didn’t happen – thanks to highly successful health promotion campaigns and public health programs rolled out around the country by Aboriginal-controlled medical…

A large clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda has shown that a twice-yearly injection of a new pre-exposure prophylaxis drug gives young women total protection from HIV infection.