New HIV Infections Drop 18 Percent in Six Years
2-14-2017Decline signals HIV prevention and treatment efforts in the U.S. are paying off, but not all communities are seeing the same progress.The number of annual HIV i…
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Women Report Vaginal Ring for Preventing HIV Had Little Effect on Sexual Intercourse
10-18-2016Violence and Social Harm Were Associated with Low AdherenceMost women who used an experimental vaginal ring for HIV prevention report that the physical act of s…
Vaginal Ring May Cut HIV Infection Risk if Used Consistently
7-18-2016NIH Clinical Trial Will Clarify Relationship between Ring Adherence, HIV Infection RiskA new exploratory analysis of data from the ASPIRE study has found that u…
NIH Statement on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
5-18-2016Advances in HIV/AIDS research have given us the opportunity to transform the lives of those living with HIV while providing highly effective methods of preventi…
NIAID to Fund Further Study of Dapivirine Vaginal Ring for HIV Prevention Investment in HOPE Trial Augments Development of Next-Generation Prevention Tools
3-15-2016The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced today that it would move forward w…
As many as 185,000 new HIV infections in the U.S. could be prevented by expanding testing, treatment, PrEP
2-25-2016Reaching the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) targets for HIV testing and treatment and expanding the use of daily Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) could preven…
Vaginal Ring Provides Partial Protection from HIV in Large Multinational Trial
2-22-2016A ring that continuously releases an experimental antiretroviral drug in the vagina safely provided a modest level of protection against HIV infection in women,…
The Path to a Cure for Hepatitis C in People with HIV
7-28-2015Hepatitis C can be a chronic condition that leads to liver failure, and treatments often haven’t worked for patients who are also co-infected with HIV. Th…
Curing Hard-to-Treat Hepatitis C
6-12-2015In a new video, NIH researchers and their colleagues from health centers in the District of Columbia discuss efforts to improve treatments for hepatitis C, a po…
BULLETIN: HIV Vaccine Awareness Day 2015
5-18-2015May 18, 2015
Vaccination has historically been the best method for protecting against and ultimately defeating mankind’s most devastating infectious di…