Since there is not a vaccine for HIV/AIDS, the only way people can prevent transmission is to avoid behaviors putting them at risk to be infected, such as sharing a needle.
Many people infected with HIV (AIDS) have no symptoms. Thus there is no way of knowing with any certainity whether a sexual partner is infected […]

Despite substantial advances in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virusHIV AIDS infection, the estimated number of annual new HIV infections in the United States has remained at 40,000 for over 10 years. HIV prevention has mostly focused on persons who are not infected, in order to help them avoid becoming infected. However, further reduction of […]

Efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir are approved individually by the FDA for the treatment of HIV infection in adults. Efavirenz and Emtricitabine have been approved for use in treating HIV in children.The three medications are often prescribed in unison and the manufacturers have combind them into a single tablet. Atripla was approved for use by the […]