In recent years, public conversations about HIV have significantly shifted. Better testing, improved treatment and natural remedies have made it easier than ever for people to understand the virus, ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a germ that causes a lifelong infection that slowly weakens the immune system. Though the infection is lifelong, medicines can keep the virus in check and help ...

So far, there is no "magic bullet" to cure HIV for good, but scientists are making rapid progress.

International guidelines recommend anal and liver surveillance for people with HIV, but Brazil lacks a national protocol; clinicians should integrate screening and vaccination.