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A nurse is shown taking blood for a HIV test from French President Emmanuel Macron who is sitting in a yellow chair cringing.

AIDS treatment has progressed, but without a vaccine, suffering still abounds

Health & Medicine

World AIDS Day is Dec. 1. With many advances in preventing and treating the disease, the disease has fallen from top of mind for many. An epidemiologist explains why that could be dangerous.

The Ebola virus might remain present in body fluids including semen longer than previously thought.

Unravelling an ‘epidemiological mystery’ about the transmission of Ebola in semen

Medicine
Condoms

Uganda says AIDS is on the rise because condoms are too small

Global Scan
Men hug as they take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade on Christopher Street in the Manhattan borough of New York June 29, 2014.

The WHO has simple advice for sexually active gay men: Take your antiretrovirals!

Health & Medicine
Should South African High Schools Distribute Free Condoms?

School Year Blog: Should South African High Schools Distribute Free Condoms?

Development & Education

Combating Contraception Mythology in South Africa

Health & Medicine

Sexual attitudes are changing in South Africa. But there remains challenges in family planning and disease prevention. Anchor Marco Werman talks with reporter Poppy Louw from The Times newspaper in Johannesburg about those challenges.

FDA panel recommends approval of prophylactic use of HIV prevention drug

Health & Medicine

Truvada, long used to treat people already infected with HIV, may soon be available as another means of preventing initial HIV infection. That was the recommendation of an FDA advisory panel that has been looking into the idea.

U.S. teen pregnancies reaching record-low levels

As comprehensive sex education ramps up and the economy continues to sputter, more women are choosing not to get pregnant in their teens, sending the U.S. teen birth rate to low levels not seen in 70 years.

Brazil’s effective HIV prevention strategies

Health & Medicine

Exploring the effective and controversial strategies that have reduced the spread of HIV in Brazil in the last decade.

The World

Why Churches Could be Crucial in the Fight Against HIV

Lifestyle & Belief

Religious leaders often promote ideas about HIV and the use of condoms that run counter to public health campaigns. But in Swaziland, the two sides are starting to work together. The World’s Alex Gallafent has the story.