Bill Gates has urged African leaders to join him in advancing health and development on the continent. He says his foundation will partner with nations putting people's health first.

Lenacapavir works to both treat and prevent HIV, making it a promising drug should it be approved by the FDA later this month.

Several mRNA vaccine trials found a debilitating side effect, and now the Trump administration is cutting funding for more ...

The 25-year-old joint commitment among established providers of official development assistance (ODA) to invest in efforts ...

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that he may no longer allow government ...

Health officials reiterate a “need for evidence” on the benefits of repeated COVID vaccines. Separately, after withdrawing from the WHO, U.S. and Argentina are launching their own "international ...

An inexpensive pill for treating HIV could become an alternative to injections for diabetic eye disease, a small study ...

Books are fundamental to Zackie Achmat's life. The health and political activist whose name is synonymous with civil disobedience and who helped lead the mass protests that won access to affordable ...

HIV scientists were given a choice: eliminate a study of transgender youth or lose a shot to recover a larger series of ...

The study, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity journal, reveals that HIV prevalence among older adults now surpasses that of younger individuals. Dr. Louiser Olubayo of the Sydney Brenner ...

Globally, HIV/AIDS-related deaths stood at 2.1 million ... according to the medical journal The Lancet. The number of cases and deaths represents a stunning drop over the past four decades.

The follow-up study confirms that the containment of this worm infection leads to a reduction in new HIV infections. The results of the DFG-RHINO study have now been published in The Lancet HIV.