High stigma levels correlate with lower ART adherence and viral suppression in women with HIV, especially those who inject drugs. The study used data from the WIHS, focusing on stigma's impact on HIV ...

Women who are using heroin and were recently incarcerated had increased stimulant use, which is associated with adverse outcomes in HIV. Drug-related offenses are a primary reason for incarceration ...

Medical worker. By gorodenkoff via iStock for WMNF News. Human immonodeficiency virus, or HIV, is a virus that attacks cells that help the body fight infection. It makes a person more vulnerable to ...

In 2013, President Barack Obama signed the Hope Act into law, which reversed a previous 1988 law which forbade those living with HIV to be able to donate their organs. Johns Hopkins University school ...

Women aged in their 50s and 60s have been urged to practise safe sex after a rise in new cases of HIV in heterosexual groups. As World Aids Day is marked, campaigners say women in this age group could ...

Bianca Carolina, an HIV advocate, shares her story to end the stigma associated with HIV, showing that life, love, and family are still possible after diagnosis.

Gilead Sciences and Sophia Forum, a London-based charity, have launched a campaign to improve HIV care and outreach for women in the U.K.—a group that, according to the partners, has long been ...