HIV Prevention in a Pill?

Yesterday an FDA advisory panel recommended approval of Truvada for pre-exposure phylaxis (PrEP) of HIV.  While many in the HIV and AIDS medical and research community support the move, many others fear that it will reduce the use of condoms, which are critical for...

HIV and STDs Still Worry Health Officials

If you engage in unprotected sex of any type or with any person you run the risk of contracting a potentially incurable disease.  Between misinformation and shame of their risky behavior people continue to contract HIV and other STDs and then spread them to other...

HIV: The Slow, But Constant Progress

It was only 30 years ago that HIV/AIDS was recognized as a disease but then it was called PCP for Pneumocystis pneumonia.  Scientists and the medical community didn’t know what caused it or how it was transmitted, but they did know that all of their patients...

Research Offers Hope for HIV Cure

Could bone marrow transplants be the answer to HIV?  We continue to hope and researchers continue to work on finding the cure for HIV.  The HIV epidemic continues in the United States prompting President Obama’s recent strategy on fighting it.  56,000 people...

One Step Closer in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Only months after President Barack Obama addressed the nation stressing a stronger focus on HIV prevention and improved treatment, significant progress is continuing to be made by researchers.  It looks like the research community is taking his words seriously!  A...