Researchers claim that depriving the virus of the sweet compound can help stop its multiplication.
Cases of gonorrhea, syphilis and HIV increased significantly from 2013 to 2014.
Zimbabwe's high condom usage has helped reduce the rate of HIV infections in the southern African nation, a new report said.
Scientists long thought that the tendency of the virus to lay dormant for a decade or longer was merely an error.
The low cost of the device could make it affordable for people in Sub-Saharan Africa, which accounts for nearly 70 percent of HIV infections.
Roughly 16 percent of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, where the Catholic population grew almost 21 percent between 2005 and 2010.
A free app allows consumers to connect their devices to the World Community Grid, which helps fight diseases.
The policy of banning donations from gay men began in 1983, when HIV and the ensuing public hysteria were spreading rapidly.
According to a study conducted by scientists from Oxford University, HIV is slowly evolving into a much milder, less virulent form.
This year's theme carries over from the past three years: Getting to Zero.
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.