NIH Statement on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, May 18, 2018
5-18-2018As a result of the many scientific research advances over 37 years, we now have highly effective methods of HIV treatment and prevention. These tools have allow…
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Why does HIV Pose a Greater Threat to Women’s Hearts?
5-16-2018While men living with HIV are 1.5 times more likely to have a heart attack than HIV-negative men, that risk doubles when comparing women living with HIV to thei…
NIH Clinical Trial to Track Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation from HIV-Positive Donors to HIV-Positive Recipients
5-8-2018The first large-scale clinical trial to study kidney transplantations between people with HIV has begun at clinical centers across the United States. The HOPE i…
Anti-HIV Drug Combination Does Not Increase Preterm Birth Risk, Study Suggests
5-1-2018A drug combination aimed at preventing transmission of HIV from a pregnant woman to her fetus likely does not increase the risk for preterm birth and early infa…
NIH Launches HEAL Initiative, Doubles Funding to Accelerate Scientific Solutions to Stem National Opioid Epidemic
4-4-2018Cross-posted from NIH.govToday, at the 2018 National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit, National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., an…
NIH’s Dr. Gina Brown on Highlights of Research on Women & HIV from CROI 2018
3-9-2018As we prepare to observe National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) on March 10, we wanted to share this video of our recent conversation with NI…
Final HIV Research Highlights from CROI 2018 (2 Videos)
3-8-2018Our coverage from the 2018 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston wrapped up yesterday with two interviews with Federal HIV le…
More HIV Research Highlights from CROI 2018 (Videos)
3-7-2018Our coverage from the 2018 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston continued yesterday with three interviews with Federal HIV l…
High Uptake and Use of Vaginal Ring for HIV Prevention Observed in Open-Label Study
3-6-2018Nearly 90 percent of participants in an open-label study of a vaginal ring infused with a drug to prevent HIV are using the monthly ring at least some of the ti…
HIV Research Highlights from First Day of CROI 2018 (Video)
3-6-2018Advances in HIV research are being shared this week at the 2018 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston, and HIV.gov is here sh…