"Anywhere male condoms are available," Shannon Hader, director of D.C.'s HIV/AIDS administration, says, "female condoms will be available." Read Summary >
Officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are reporting that as many as one in every six Americans is infected with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). Read Summary >
Scientists have found that people who are infected with both herpes simplex virus type 2 and HIV and who take the herpes med Zovirax (acyclovir) may be treating both their herpes and slowing the progression of HIV. Read Summary >
Officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are warning users of the HIV drugs Videx and Videx EC that the medications can cause a rare but potentially life-threatening liver complication. Read Summary >
U.S. researchers have found that genital herpes often reactivates throughout the genital tract, a finding that they say may one day help improve prevention and treatment for the condition. Read Summary >
According to a new study of mice, the commonly used drug combination found in the medication Truvada may protect people from being infected with the AIDS virus through all major transmission routes. Read Summary >
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and the medications that treat it appear to age the brain prematurely. Read Summary >
