HIV can contribute to the risk of kidney disease. But the two most common causes are diabetes and high blood pressure.

Tuberculosis (TB) preventive treatment reduced the risk of developing active TB by 61% in people with HIV starting antiretroviral treatment, a large six-country study has found. The study findings, published this month in The Lancet HIV, show that tuberculosis preventive treatment remains an essenti...

Women living with HIV have almost twice the risk (a 93% increased risk) of cardiovascular disease compared to women without HIV, while men with HIV have a 44% increased risk compared to those without HIV, a study recently in the journal AIDS has found.

With the right medical treatment and care, most people living with HIV in the UK are now expected to have a more or less normal lifespan.

Having HIV can affect people’s feelings about sex. Most people living with HIV continue to have sex and form relationships.

HIV clinics in the UK are open access and provide free treatment. They offer check-ups, medication, support, and counselling.

If you are ‘HIV positive’ this means that you have a virus called HIV in your body. HIV treatment can keep the virus under control.

It can be a shock to be told that you have HIV, and it may take time to make sense of what it means for you. Your feelings may change over time.

Most people living with HIV don't experience eye problems related to HIV. Sight problems are more likely to occur in people with very low CD4 counts.

Most people living with HIV don't experience eye problems related to HIV. Sight problems are more likely to occur in people with very low CD4 counts.

The 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, featured few new scientific breakthroughs in terms of vaccines or cures for HIV.

Several studies presented at the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) in Rio de Janeiro last month dealt with vaccines designed to counteract a phenomenon that has limited their efficacy in the past – immunodominance. Immunodominance is the immune system's tendency to focus on the most conspicuous parts of a virus. With HIV, those parts act like decoys: they vary freely from one virus to the next, so antibodies against them work on few other strains.

Life with HIV can at times involve worry and uncertainty. Anxiety can be a natural response to a new development in life when you are not familiar with it.

Nearly 7% of a large group of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia tested positive for HIV, according to a presentation by José Guillen from Red Somos at the recent 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) held in Rio de Janeiro. Most were linked to treatment and were able to achieve viral suppression, despite administrative and legal barriers.

When travelling, pack all the HIV medication that you need to last the whole trip, plus extra to allow for delays. If you’re taking prescription medication abro

HIV seems to affect lung function, and some lung problems can be more serious in people with HIV and occur more frequently.

Easy-to-read and illustrated information on hepatitis C for people living with HIV.

“The evidence is overwhelming: criminalisation does not prevent HIV – it fuels it,” Immaculate Owomugisha Bazare, Director of the Centre for Women Justice, Uganda, said in a plenary presentation at the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) held in Rio de Janeiro recently.

HIV stigma can impact how you feel about sex. Both positive and negative feelings about sex are a normal part of adjusting to having HIV.

This illustrated leaflet gives basic information on how to separate HIV myths from the facts.

Lean people who are classified as having normal weight according to body mass index (BMI) may still develop fatty liver disease and its complications, and those living with HIV may be at higher risk, ...

A new class of drugs called CD4 mimetics could be used to sensitise the immune system to HIV, the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) in Rio de Janeiro heard last week. It is becoming clea...

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A series of presentations at the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil had the title 'Chemsex everywhere: Interventions across contexts,' which encapsulated two real...

At the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) held in Rio de Janeiro last week, a special session was devoted to racism as a driver of HIV outcomes.

Rates of syphilis and chlamydia fell substantially among men who have sex with men after the introduction of doxyPEP guidance in Australia, though there was not a corresponding decline in gonorrhoea, ...

The 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) in Rio de Janeiro last week heard about two more cases of HIV remission in people who had received stem cell transplants for leukaemia. These procedu...

People with HIV in South Africa are ten times more likely to develop tuberculosis while interrupting treatment than while taking it, the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) in Rio de Janeir...

Two studies presented at the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) last week show that wider access to diagnostic testing and consistent implementation of screening guidance could each i...

Starting treatment with a regimen containing doravirine and tenofovir disoproxil (TDF) resulted in less weight gain than starting treatment with a regimen containing dolutegravir and tenofovir alafena...

Fiji – a country that would not have been on the agenda at a major HIV conference a decade ago – is now home to the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic, driven mainly by people injecting methamphetam...

The United States is “changing the model, not the mission” of its global HIV programmes, Jeff Graham, acting US Global AIDS Coordinator, told a pre-conference session organised by the US government at...