Students at a Chinese university woke up Sunday to find a surprising new adding to their vending machine. On sale alongside their beloved instant noodles and soft drinks were HIV test kits. Harbin Medical University is the second university in the province of Heilongjiang to sell the kits in a...

Researchers have seen big progress in reducing HIV transmission from mother to child, according to the latest data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In a report published in JAMA Pediatrics, scientists found that in 2013, 69 babies were born with the virus in the...

A police force in Northern Ireland has shared a guide on its Facebook page to help parents decipher secret sexting codes and help keep teens safe online.

Feminists have striven for decades to emancipate women sexually, but when it comes to casual promiscuity, the female of the species is still more straight-laced than the male. And evolution is to blame. Women are evolutionary programmed to regret one night stands, while men have evolved to regret...

With inspiration from an ancient toy, researchers believe that the simple spinning mechanics of a whirligig could help in the diagnosis of malaria, HIV and other diseases around the world, according to a new study.

Drug treatments to suppress HIV could be driving up rates of syphilis by eliminating the 'fear factor', a new study has warned. Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) can control viral load - making it virtually undetectable - and preventing or delaying the progression to AIDS. However, a...

UK had third highest number of new HIV infections in 2015. Two-thirds of all new HIV cases in Europe are being recorded in just one country – Russia.

In a country where 23% of people have the HIV virus, a programme using apps and travelling clinics is providing far easier access to treatment.

The Queen’s New Year’s Honours list is to recognise Victoria Beckham. The fashion designer is to be appointed an OBE for her entrepreneurial work and charity work on the issues of HIV AIDS.

Truvada, the other "little blue pill," is taken daily to prevent HIV and has been touted as a miracle drug responsible for lowering HIV rates across the United States. But soon, the daily pill may be overshadowed by an even simpler method—a single flu shot-like injection at the doctor's...

A leading health clinic in London has reported a 40% drop in HIV diagnoses in the last year. 56 Dean Street reported that 373 people have been diagnosed so far in 2016, compared to 626 over the same period in 2015.

Intarcia Therapeutics is developing implantable pump which holds six or 12 months’ supply of medicine.