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A community leader and academic, Simmons also led the DC-based HIV nonprofit Us Helping Us. He died of prostate cancer.

“This is excellent news for all children living with HIV.”

Hepatitis B and C, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and alcohol-related liver disease are the main causes of liver cancer and cirrhosis.

Researchers gave the vaccine, previously studied in Thailand, to participants in South Africa.

Events are scheduled throughout September to raise awareness about hep B and HIV in these communities.

It likely aided the human species’s expansion but was eventually outmatched by an evolving virus.

A machine learning algorithm designed small sets of proteins that boasted the greatest potential to elicit a broad-based immune response.

The awesome mental health powers of comic book champions of color

But scientists continue to overlook Africans in genome research.

A speedy overview of the major scientific findings presented at the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam (AIDS 2018)

Published results have updated preliminary findings presented at a previous conference.

Photographer Robin Hammond’s work gets highlighted by rock icon Elton John in The New York Times.

In the past, he was accused of misusing data, showing religious bias and discriminating against gay men and people with HIV.

A TV show where sexual intrigue not only entertains viewers but also educates them.

A look at some science-based facts about HIV that may surprise you as we mark the 35th anniversary of the start of the AIDS epidemic.

There is no evidence that U.S. efforts to promote abstinence and marriage fidelity abroad have impacted individuals’ sexual behavior.