AIDS

The suspicion that health workers and travelers from West Africa face is not unlike the stigma endured by AIDS patients in the 1980s.

Ten years ago, 170,000 people in the Russian Federation had human immunodeficiency virus. The estimated number now is 1.2 million.

The delegates from Africa claim returning to their home countries would be a “life threatening proposition.”

Researchers used an anti-cancer drug to kick the virus out of hiding and expose it to the body's immune system.

Advocates lament the loss of some 100 prominent AIDS researchers aboard Flight MH17.

Vine's most-followed user is under fire after a video resurfaced showing him yelling a homophobic slur.

Two "miracle drugs" show potential to cure hepatitis C in about 90 percent of cases. They come with a hefty price tag, but two patients says that's small compared to the results.

A new survey found that nearly half of American adults accept at least one medical conspiracy theory.

The single "Invisible" will debut during the Super Bowl.

The level of contentious intrigue in science pales in comparison to politics, but it's still there.

After a fourth performer tested positive for HIV, the porn industry has shut down for the third time this year.

Scientists were disappointed to discover that the HIV virus had returned in two men thought to have been cured of the disease.

In deeply conservative and tradition-based Indian society, people carrying the deadly virus are often ostracized and mistreated.

A 3-year-old Mississippi girl born with HIV shows no signs of the virus after 18 months off anti-retroviral treatment, offering hope that the child has been cured.

Scientists have identified a protein found in breast milk that can neutralize the HIV virus and potentially prevent it from being passed from mother to child.

4chan pranked Miley Cyrus fans Wednesday by circulating rumors the singer contracted HIV.

Two of the actors at the center of the HIV outbreak in the porn industry are calling for condoms to be used on all film sets going forward.

A series of moratoriums were put in place after three porn movie stars tested positive for HIV within weeks.

California’s multi-billion dollar adult-movie industry has been shut down temporarily due to an ongoing HIV scare.

"I'm 32 years old and I'm HIV-positive," Rod Daily wrote on his Twitter account. Two weeks ago, his girlfriend Cameron Bay also said she tested positive for HIV.

Africa isn't known for scientific breakthroughs, but a new university could change that.