HIV and AIDS are related, but they are not the same thing. HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a sexually transmitted virus that causes illness by gradually breaking down a person's immune system ...

Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] When I think about HIV and AIDS, the public figures I ...

Yeah, so I think that is a big question that comes up, especially when people first received their diagnosis of HIV and they come to their first visit. A lot of them are very distraught and I think ...

World AIDS Day is taking place on December 1 to raise awareness around HIV and AIDS, and to support the 37.9 million people around the world living with the virus. This year's theme will be "Ending ...

The traffic headache for Kailua residents is finally over, following the City’s completion of the Kalapawai Roundabout on Thursday, Nov. 13. Hawaii’s mail-in voting system works and is here to stay.

In this Conversations feature, we spoke to Prof. Robert Garofalo and Christopher, who both live with HIV but received their diagnoses over a decade apart. We discuss their experiences, how care for ...

Getting an accurate picture of HIV and AIDS populations in the Quad-Cities is difficult, officials say. A nationwide map of the HIV and AIDS rate in 99 percent of U.S. counties shows varying ...