Focusing On The AIDS Fight
New AIDS numbers show more HIV infections than previously thought, and high numbers in the South and among blacks.
View ArticleTreatment Gives HIV's Long-Term Survivors Hope, But Takes A Toll
AIDS has been around for long enough that some people have lived for decades with the HIV virus. But as they age, survivors face new challenges as complicated medication regimens have their own impact...
View ArticleIs HIV Still A Death Sentence? Young People Weigh In
Young Americans who came of age in a world with AIDS say worrying about HIV in 2012 isn't much different from worrying about other sexually transmitted diseases. But others say there isn't much...
View ArticleBlack Teens Are Getting The Message On HIV, But Risks Are Still There
Black high school students are engaging in risky sexual behavior far less often than they were 20 years ago, a study found. But their condom use is also dropping, leading some to worry that HIV rates...
View ArticleAs New York Embraces HIV-Preventing Pill, Some Voice Doubts
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is supporting the drug Truvada as part of the state's ambitious plan to fight AIDS. But some advocates worry it will encourage risky behavior or won't reach the most vulnerable.
View ArticleNeedle Exchange Program Creates Black Market In Clean Syringes
Some drug users in Philadelphia are reselling syringes they get for free at needle exchanges. That's illegal, but researchers say the practice still helps prevent the spread of diseases like HIV.
View ArticleWhy OCD Is 'Miserable': A Science Reporter's Obsession With Contracting HIV
David Adam has had obsessive-compulsive disorder for 20 years. In The Man Who Couldn't Stop, he chronicles his experiences — and how medical understanding and treatment of OCD have changed over time.
View ArticleCould This Virus Be Good For You?
Scientists studying HIV and Ebola have noticed another virus hitching along for the ride in some blood samples. Now they're trying to figure out whether the lurker helps the body fend off disease.
View ArticleAn Unlikely Alliance Fights HIV In The Bronx's Afro-Honduran Diaspora
Thousands of Garifuna people — Hondurans of African descent — live in New York City. A doctor there is reaching out to Garifuna faith healers to test and treat members of that community who have HIV.
View ArticleWould A Pill To Protect Teens From HIV Make Them Feel Invincible?
Trials are underway to see how effective a pill approved for HIV prevention in adults may be for teenagers. But some worry Truvada could end up encouraging reckless sexual behavior among young people.
View ArticleIndiana's HIV Spike Prompts New Calls For Needle Exchanges Statewide
Southeastern Indiana is battling an HIV outbreak. The new cases are mostly linked to injection drug use and have reignited a debate over needle exchanges, which are currently illegal in the state.
View ArticleCDC Warns More HIV, Hepatitis C Outbreaks Likely Among Drug Users
The U.S. epidemic of injected-opioid use could lead to more severe outbreaks of HIV and hepatitis C, like those now occurring in Indiana, the Centers for Disease Control And Prevention says.
View ArticleTransgender Women Face Inadequate Health Care, 'Shocking' HIV Rates
A new World Health Organization study finds alarmingly high rates of HIV infection among transgender women. One of the researchers notes that the numbers are rooted in rampant discrimination.
View Article'Who Am I Without My Sport?' Greg Louganis On Life After Olympics
The documentary Back On Board traces the highs and lows of the star diver's career, the turmoil he faced as a gay, HIV-positive athlete — and the identity crisis that he experienced after retirement.
View ArticleHIV-Positive Organ Transplants Set To Begin At Johns Hopkins
Doctors say organ transplants from HIV-positive donors to HIV-positive recipients will save lives and shorten wait times for everyone. NPR spoke with one doctor who helped end the 25-year ban.
View ArticleNew Source Of Transplant Organs For Patients With HIV: Others With HIV
The organ donor and both recipients in the procedure this month were all HIV-positive — a first in the U.S. Using HIV-positive organs for some patients could enable a thousand more transplants a year.
View ArticleInside A Small Brick House At The Heart Of Indiana's Opioid Crisis
Prescription painkiller abuse sparked an HIV outbreak in rural Indiana. Kelly McEvers takes NPR's new podcast, Embedded, inside the home where IV drug users meet.
View ArticleBaby Boomers With Hemophilia Didn't Expect To Grow Old
A generation that survived life-threatening bleeds, the HIV epidemic and hepatitis C now nears retirement with an illness that can mostly be safely managed at home — for about $250,000 a year.
View ArticleThe HIV Trap: A Woman's Lack Of Control
AIDS is the biggest killer of young women in southern Africa, where many are sexually abused. The CEO of a nonprofit is trying to tip the balance to women with an unlikely tool: a vaginal ring.
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