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How to Prevent HIV

How to Prevent HIV

HIV is difficult to treat, but easier to prevent. Here's how to protect yourself.

16 HIV Symptoms Every Woman Needs to Know

16 Signs You May Have HIV

Think you have HIV? The only way to tell is to get an HIV test, but here are some possible symptoms.

Top 10 Myths About Safe Sex and Sexual Health

Top 10 Myths About Safe Sex and Sexual Health

You can't trust everything you read on the Internet, so we got the facts behind these top sexual health misconceptions.

10 Things You Never Knew About HIV and AIDS

10 Things You Never Knew About HIV and AIDS

World AIDS Day is an opportunity to take stock of the epidemic’s scope and the everyday impact of the virus.

Child With HIV Has Been in Remission For Nearly 9 Years Without Drugs

Child With HIV Has Been in Remission For Nearly 9 Years Without Drugs

Scientists report on an encouraging case of a child with sustained remission of HIV with early treatment, but without continuing drugs.

7 Myths About HIV and the Facts You Need to Know

7 Myths About HIV and the Facts You Need to Know

When the National Enquirer broke the news of Charlie Sheen’s HIV diagnosis, the story was already misleading: “Charlie Sheen AIDS Cover-Up,” blared the headline.

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Jonathan Van Ness Reveals He's HIV Positive: 'I Do Feel the Need to Talk About This'

Jonathan Van Ness Reveals He's HIV Positive: 'I Do Feel the Need to Talk About This'

“When Queer Eye came out, it was really difficult because I was like, ‘Do I want to talk about my status?' "

A Patient Was Cured of HIV for the Second Time in History. Here's What That Means

A Second Patient Has Been Cured of HIV—How Does That Even Happen?

Investigators say the so-called "London patient" is in long-term remission.

The Alarming Symptom That Led to This 29-Year-Old's HIV Diagnosis

This 29-Year-Old Went to the Doctor for a Rash—and It Turned Out He Had HIV

There May Be a Scary Link Between Vampire Facials and HIV

What Is a Vampire Facial? What to Know About the Treatment That May Have Left 2 People in New Mexico With HIV

Woman, 45, Who Was Diagnosed with HIV at 18, Shares Her Powerful Story: 'I Believe in Life'

Woman, 45, Who Was Diagnosed with HIV at 18, Shares Her Powerful Story: 'I Believe in Life'

Here's Why Some People Go Off Their HIV Meds and Why That's a Really Bad Idea

Here's Why Some People Go Off Their HIV Meds and Why That's a Really Bad Idea

New Jersey Medical Center May Have Exposed This Patient to Hepatitis B—Could It Happen Near You?

The surgery facility blamed lapses in infection control and warned thousands of patients they may have been exposed to hepatitis and HIV.

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What Is HIV?

This Beauty Queen Used Her HIV-Positive Status As A Positive Platform For Change

This Beauty Queen Used Her HIV-Positive Status As A Positive Platform For Change

The Story Behind the First AIDS Drug

The Story Behind the First AIDS Drug

‘Patient Zero’ Not the Source of HIV in the U.S., Study Finds

‘Patient Zero’ Not the Source of HIV in the U.S., Study Finds

Charlie Sheen Calls Advocating for Sexual Health His ‘Greater Calling’

Charlie Sheen Calls Advocating for Sexual Health His ‘Greater Calling’

You Can Now Locate the Nearest STD Clinic on Tinder

You Can Now Locate the Nearest STD Clinic on Tinder

Gay Men Can Now Give Blood, After a Wait

Gay Men Can Now Give Blood, After a Wait

There's a Pill That Prevents HIV, So Why Aren't People Taking It?

There's a Pill That Prevents HIV, So Why Aren't People Taking It?

What Does It Mean to Have 'Undetectable' HIV?

What Does It Mean to Have 'Undetectable' HIV?

4 Success Stories in the Fight Against AIDS in 2013

4 Success Stories in the Fight Against AIDS in 2013

Cancer-Fighting Bread Crusts, Deadly Poppy Tea, and Anti-Aging in an IV

Cancer-Fighting Bread Crusts, Deadly Poppy Tea, and Anti-Aging in an IV

Gum Disease May Reactivate AIDS Virus

Gum Disease May Reactivate AIDS Virus

Circumcision Reduces Risk of Herpes, HPV Infection

Circumcision Reduces Risk of Herpes, HPV Infection

Man Free of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant

Man Free of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant