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What Is AIDS?

A chronic and potentially life-threatening disease caused by HIV infection Medically reviewed by Latesha Elopre, MD, MSPH Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the most advanced stage of human ...
Bernard Mwololo feeds chickens at the Nyumbani Children's Home in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. Bernard has lived most of his life at the orphanage after his parents died of AIDS, he's now ...
There are 1.1 million people in the U.S. with AIDS. Today, there are an estimated 1.1 million people in the U.S. living with HIV, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With ...
In July 1985, more than 4,000 people gathered in their walking shoes at California’s Paramount Studios, bound by a cause that until then had largely existed in the shadows. Their grassroots motivation ...
This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Ryan Knutson: Earlier this week, our colleague Nicholas Bariyo went to visit an ...
AIDS, or stage 3 HIV, does not directly cause blindness. However, it leaves the body vulnerable to conditions that can affect vision and sometimes lead to vision loss. AIDS is a chronic condition that ...
People may be at more risk of both AIDS and hepatitis B due to similar risk factors. Having HIV and hepatitis B may lead to serious complications. However, both are treatable and preventable. Stage 3 ...
This isn’t about managing the AIDS pandemic. It’s about ending it — and letting a new generation grow and thrive free of its threat. Lenacapavir, developed by Gilead Sciences, is a twice-yearly ...
Peter Sands, the director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, discusses the stakes of the donor ...
WASHINGTON — The Senate is poised to vote this week on President Donald Trump's rescissions package requesting roughly $9.4 billion in spending reductions, including proposed cuts to funds allocated ...