HIV post-exposure prophylaxis, even when it fails to prevent infection, may still have benefits, a case report in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes suggests. The case report involved a patient who received... more>

A meta-analysis of studies of circumcision in gay men and men who have sex with men (MSM) has not found sufficient evidence to show that being circumcised reduced their risk of acquiring HIV. Although it finds a small reduction in the risk of... more>

The French scientists who discovered HIV have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine. The prize will be shared with the researcher who linked human papilloma virus and cervical cancer. In 1984, Profs Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and... more>