A new study using a mathematical model to predict the potential impact of expanding treatment to discordant couples on controlling the global HIV epidemic was conducted at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and the Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA.[more]

A novel filovirus, provisionally named Lloviu virus (LLOV), was detected during the investigation of Miniopterus schreibersii (insectivorous bats) die-offs in Cueva del Lloviu in southern Europe.[more]

The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic (pH1N1) led to record sales of neuraminidase (NA) inhibitors, which has contributed significantly to the recent increase in oseltamivir-resistant viruses.[more]

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of death in persons infected with HIV, especially in resource-limited settings.[more]

Many newspapers and media forums around the world have been alarming their readers with articles alleging that fish foot spa pedicures could spread HIV and hepatitis C[more]

US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) have updated the guidelines for the use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in adults and adolescents, coinciding with the release of revised European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) guidelines at the 13th European AIDS Conference last week in Belgrade.[more]

Each year, malaria occurs in approximately 225 million persons worldwide, with almost 1 million, mostly African children, dying from the disease.[more]