Kei Sato was looking for his next big challenge five years ago when it smacked him — and the world — in the face. The ...

Measles is unlike other childhood viruses. In severe cases, it can cause pneumonia. About 1 in 1,000 patients develops encephalitis.

A groundbreaking project to study potential HIV vaccines in several African countries has been derailed by an abrupt cut in ...

The man’s case didn’t give rise to any widespread variant, but it gave Gupta, with his HIV evolution background, the idea ...

Scientists discovered genes in the tuberculosis bacterium that becomes essential for the pathogen's survival when it's exposed to air through coughing. These genes could be targets for new therapies ...

Pamela Bjorkman of the California Institute of Technology won the prize for ‘offering new hope in the fight against ...

An American biochemist whose research has helped scientists make inroads on treating coronavirus and HIV has won this year’s ...

Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they are ...

A newly identified respiratory pathogen, also called an emerging or novel respiratory pathogen, that causes acute respiratory infections may be a cause for concern for its potential to impact public ...

The government's plan to mitigate Donald Trump's aid cut involves giving HIV patients six months of ARVs. Image: Donwilson Odhiambo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Source: Getty Images ...

Antiretroviral drugs are used to treat HIV infection. They work by blocking a stage of the virus's life cycle and, by doing so, prevent the virus from replicating. The drugs are organized into six ...

After a lifetime on the frontiers of the fight against HIV, Linda-Gail Bekker could finally see the end of the epidemic in sight. For decades, HIV experts had dreamed of an elusive vaccine to ...