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Highlights from the research presented at the 9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science in Paris.

But the median CD4 count at treatment start is below 350, which means work is needed to catch up to World Health Organization guidelines.

The country is urged to offer treatment to everyone who has HIV regardless of CD4 count; most cases are among young men.

The vaccine prompted a robust immune response against HIV in those without the virus; now researchers hope to move it into advanced trials.

The agency has issued an urgent call to nations to implement steps to ward off this threat to progress in fighting the epidemic.

For the first time, more than half of people with HIV are taking meds. The analysis also shows troubling trends in the former Soviet region.

Scientists were also able to synthesize the newfound compound, saving the trouble of relying on plant growth for any production.

Numerous low- and middle-income nations have taken great strides in getting their HIV populations on antiretrovirals more promptly.

With a major new HIV vaccine trial under way, cautious optimism is stirring that the vaccine will prove effective enough for a rollout.

Despite all the excited talk of ending the epidemic, annual global HIV infection rates have not declined for a decade.

UNAIDS sounds the alarm about this troubling shift in a once hopeful trend.

U.S. PEPFAR funding favors nations with generalized epidemics.

Reducing the proportion of HIV-positive people with a detectable viral load lowers overall transmission of the virus within a population.

Dozens of people in Asia and some people of Asian descent in the United States are displaying symptoms similar to AIDS despite being HIV neg...

About 3,000 people with HIV and cancer protested in the streets of New Delhi against a planned free trade agreement between India and the Euro...

Criminalizing prostitution and stigmatizing sex workers interfere with HIV prevention, The Economist reports.