The approach employed by the research team could be used against other diseases—including COVID-19 and influenza.

WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Just two shots a year of an HIV treatment provided complete protection against infections in highly at-risk women, researchers reported Wednesday.

The World Health Organization is now recommending that countries include an HIV drug newly approved for prevention, ...

While an effective vaccine against HIV may still be a long way off, a new HIV prevention technique has proven remarkably effective at protecting women against the virus. A single injection of a ...

Twice-yearly shots used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections in women, according to study results published Wednesday.

Johnson & Johnson’s investigational HIV vaccine did not provide sufficient protection against HIV infection among women enrolled in the phase 2b Imbokodo trial in sub-Saharan Africa, the company ...

HIV shot offers ‘stunning’ 100% ... in the young women and girls that got the shots in a study of about 5,000 ... in men before seeking permission to use it to protect against ...

By MARIA CHENG and GERALD IMRAY CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Twice-yearly shots used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections in women, according to study results publ… ...

Over time, 34 of the Truvada participants contracted HIV, compared to only four of the women who received the injections. The women taking the daily pills also exhibited more side effects, such as ...

Kathryn Stephenson was crushed last summer when she learned that an experimental HIV vaccine she had worked on for years failed to protect young women in sub-Saharan Africa from infection. “I ...