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"We are in an era now, for the the first time, when we can foresee the end of the AIDS epidemic." said an expert...

A vaccine that may prevent HIV has been given the green light by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin clinical trials in...

An early stage trial of an HIV treatment found that the gene therapy reduced levels of the virus and even eliminated it in one...

In Africa, waiting for blood work can take weeks, and many people don't bother getting their results. A new device could make testing in...

"For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a...

After nearly two decades of futile searching for a vaccine against the AIDS virus, researchers are reporting the tantalizing discovery of antibodies that can...

Anti-retroviral therapy re-energizes a Tanzanian woman living with HIV to give back to others who face the same challenges. She is a different woman...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that it will be investing $23 million over the next three years to enhance management of...

The prevalence of new H.I.V. infections has fallen significantly in southern India, the region most heavily infected. The decline by more than a third...

On this day 375 years ago, perhaps the greatest physicist the world has known, Isaac Newton, was born. Widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time, he invented his own calculus when he was 26 years old. An English mathematician, astronomer, and theologian, his book Principia, “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy”, formulated our understanding of the mechanics of motion and gravity, which dominated scientists’ view of the physical universe for the next three centuries. This farmer’s son also built the first practical reflecting telescope, and made pathbreaking observations in optics, figuring out that white light is really made of multiple colors. WATCH a cool video... (1543)

4 years ago today, the residents of Bougainville, an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea, voted in a 98% majority for independence of their...

Happy 70th birthday to Baaba Maal, the Senegalese singer and guitarist, who is one of the most important musical exports from the country. Pop...

86 years ago today, the National Scenic Trail known as the Appalachian Trail was completed by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Claimed to be the...

148 years ago today, the British hunter, naturalist, and author, Jim Corbett was born. He was often hired by various Indian legislatures to hunt...

170 years ago today, the New York State legislature voted to set aside or purchase 770 acres in the middle of Manhattan Island for...

Let's face it, rats aren't the most popular animal. From the Black Death to the Netflix documentary on New York's rodent problem, they may...

A tiny controllable robot acts as a real-life 'Pac-Man'—identifying and gobbling up damaged cells in living things. Scientists say the minuscule robot, which is seven...

A man who was paralyzed from the neck down has made an incredible recovery and is back in the gym just six months after...

Wanting to see if a simple idea could help a huge problem, a Cincinnati health center filled a vending machine with overdose prevention equipment...

On the 84 remote islands that make up Uganda's Kalangala District on the surface of Lake Victoria, medical experts are tackling one of Africa's...