For many in the Black community, hair is an essential part of identity, making any change – especially thinning or loss – a ...

Immunocompromised populations develop a lower immunogenic response to COVID-19 vaccines, leaving them at a higher risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death. Patients with HIV who have low ...

HIV researchers have long been trying to identify the specific cells that the virus prefers to infect and hide in. They know that HIV favors a special type of immune cells called memory CD4 T cells.

Kaposi Sarcoma is the most common HIV-related cancer in Uganda and, historically, one of the leading cancers treated at the Uganda Cancer Institute ...

HIV doesn’t make you sick immediately. It slowly weakens the immune system. Knowing how it works helps reduce fear, ...

The decrease in CD4 cells during HIV infection seems to be driven by immune activation, which does not always correlate with viral load. Experienced clinicians are all too familiar with the ...

Scientists described how their use of cutting-edge technology revealed new insights into cellular reservoirs of HIV and what those observations could mean for the next steps in HIV cure research. In a ...

There are currently ~38 million people worldwide living with HIV. If left untreated, HIV infection progresses to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) where patients become extremely vulnerable to ...