AIDS / HIV Blog

Needle exchange involves providing clean, sterile needles and syringes to IV drug users in exchange for their used syringes and needles. If IV drug users can't stop injecting recreational drugs, ... Read More

When your doctor orders an EKG just what he is or she ordering? Is this just another of the dozens of tests that you have to endure after being diagnosed ... Read More

During the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting on Thursday in Boston, AAAS President David Baltimore said scientists are no closer to developing an HIV vaccine than ... Read More

Tell that to Egyptian police. In a recent crackdown, Egyptian police have arrested 12 men suspected of being HIV infected. The series of arrests began in October 2007 when 2 ... Read More

Seven years after an accidental needle stick, 42 year old nurse Juliet Young has died from complications of AIDS. Soon after her needle stick injury in 1999, Ms. Young was ... Read More

The HIV epidemic continues around the world, including the United States. Has the epidemic changed? Has the rate of new infections slowed? Who is being infected? Are the at risk ... Read More

Reading about HIV is very informative and educational but there is nothing like seeing how HIV works instead. This video from the video library of About.com shows you instead. HIV ... Read More

In 1988, a group of San Francisco residents looked for a positive way to express their grief in light of the HIV epidemic. What was envisioned was a serene and ... Read More