Schoolchildren in Vulindlela, a region of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa, receive HIV education. William Brangham
The makeup of a woman’s vaginal microbiome strongly influences her susceptibility to HIV infection, suggest studies presented in Durban, South Africa, today at the kickoff of…
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The Africa Centre for Population Health in Somkhele is half of a new major research institute. B. Gilbert/Wellcome Trust
As the International AIDS Conference kicked off in Durban, South Africa, today, two of the nation’s most prominent biomedical research institutions announced that they will marry…
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Bongekile Sokhela consults with Dr. Richard Lessells at Hlabisa Provincial Hospital in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Sokhela has both HIV and tuberculosis — a brutal, one-two punch that’s exacerbating epidemics of both diseases in South Africa. Photo by William Brangham/PBS NewsHour
On a Wednesday morning in April, a line of 600 HIV-infected people snakes through the hallways to the first waiting room of the Themba Lethu…
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TJ Maposhere
The AIDS epidemic can be ended with current drugs — in theory. Now, a rural village in impoverished Zimbabwe has figured out how to help…
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White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest presented maps showing the danger of Zika this week. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
If history repeats itself, the U.S. media will make a whoop dee doo out of the first confirmed case of Zika virus transmission that takes place…
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This sonogram shows a rhesus macaque fetus 25 days after being infected. Sarah Kohn/Kathleen Antony/Saverio Capuano/Jennifer Post
By far the most alarming feature of the Zika virus now marching across South America and the Caribbean is its threat to fetuses. Last month…
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More people now die from hepatitis C in the United States than 60 other infectious diseases—including HIV and tuberculosis—combined. Two new reports from the…
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Pregnant women who are infected with Zika virus can give birth to malformed children. Frank de Kleine (CC BY 2.0)
In the most optimistic scenario, a Zika vaccine could prove its worth by the start of 2018, Anthony Fauci, head of the U.S. National Institute…
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Rock singer Prince performs at the Forum in Inglewood, California, during his opening show, 18 February 1985. AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing
Whenever a celebrity dies under murky circumstances, speculations run wild. The bulk of news reports about the rock star Prince’s death yesterday suggested influenza may…
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