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The vaccine targets a vulnerable site on HIV -- the virus that causes AIDS -- and triggered antibody production in mice, guinea pigs and monkeys, according to researchers with the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

The study found no difference in the risk for premature birth, low birth weight or other serious complications among those who didn't receive TDF and those who got TDF along with emtricitabine and lopinavir/ritonavir.

The new test may be able to detect early evidence of HIV antibodies in saliva as reliably as a blood test, according to the scientists who developed it.

Researchers say a once-a-week, slow-release pill may keep HIV infections under control and help prevent new HIV infections altogether.

Teens who engage in risky behaviors are more likely to have unsafe sex -- and that may put them at increased risk for HIV, the AIDS-causing virus, University of Michigan researchers reported.

The science centers around the use of "chimeric antigen receptor" (CAR) genes. In laboratory work with monkeys, these engineered cells have destroyed HIV-infected cells for more than two years, scientists reported.

A new study warns of a potential return to the "bad old days" when there were no effective drugs to fight HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

The average time between HIV infection and diagnosis was three years in 2015, seven months earlier than it had been in 2011, according to researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Combination strategy fully protects lab monkeys, studies find

Small study found Truvada worked when taken daily, but some strayed from regimen

Study of gay couples duplicates findings of earlier research

Boy's HIV In Remission Years After Treatment Ended

If findings replicated, a shot every month or two could replace daily pills, scientists say

Infection rate could be as low as 12,000 people a year by 2025, researchers report

Still small, but persistent gaps for some groups with HIV, global health expert says

About 10,000 Americans were infected at birth, and many are now young adults with medical issues, study finds

Case numbers fell steeply between 2002 and 2013, but even more could be done, experts say

Better treatments may translate into complacency, HIV experts say

But cases of drug-resistant strains of AIDS virus are still rare, doctors say

Longer survival with the virus might make people more vulnerable to chronic conditions, researchers suggest

Meds may raise susceptibility to bacterium that causes the sexually transmitted disease, study suggests

Study suggests that tools used to predict risk need tweaking for those with AIDS-causing virus

Students Make Martin Shkreli's Drug for $2 a Pill

People resistant to older medication also have problems with newer drug, study finds

Two early trials suggest approach might make it possible for patients to go off antiretroviral meds