South Africa has begun the first human trials of a locally developed HIV vaccine to defeat a virus that still kills around one person per minute worldwide.

(The Root) — First do no harm. That’s the golden rule of medicine. But a new analysis of a trio of AIDS-vaccine trials shows that’s exactly what happened in two of the three studies. In trials ...

Researchers announced earlier this month that a new discovery may pave the way to developing a viable AIDS vaccine. Scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) discovered two potent human ...

A software entrepreneur and his wife have pledged $100-million through their new family foundation to create an institute dedicated to the discovery of an AIDS vaccine. It will eventually focus on ...

New research led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and The Rockefeller University shows that an experimental vaccine candidate can ...

With $28-million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Canadian government has announced it will create a program to find a cure for AIDS, reports CanWest News Service. The government has ...

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the second time in two weeks, clinical researchers working to develop an AIDS vaccine have announced that their efforts have stumbled or, in the ...

By Sharon AtienoSouth Africa has unveiled the first-in-human clinical trial of an HIV vaccine specifically targeting strains in Southern Africa.The Eastern and Southern Africa region carries the ...

According to the Washington Post (WP) and others on the 4th, local time, Fiji—with a population of less than 1 million—has ...

The Trump administration decided that it will no longer observe World AIDS Day. This is in contrast to the historical federal recognition of World AIDS Day under both Republican and ...