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Health & Medicine / HIV & AIDS

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35. First New Class Of HIV Drugs in 10 Years

12.28.2007

28. Free at Last: Medical Workers Released in Libya

12.21.2007

Meth's Double Jeopardy

Meth makes cells more susceptible to HIV.11.01.2006

Questioning the HIV Hive Mind?

An interview with Celia Farber, long-serving chronicler of HIV dissidents.10.19.2006

The Discover Interview: David Baltimore

The retiring president of Caltech delivers some straight talk on AIDS research, celebrity science, and his role in one of the most talked-about fraud scandals of the past 25 years.09.01.2006

The Year in Science: Medicine

The human gut's vulnerable to HIV, Race-based drugs approved, fetal skin grafts mend burns, and more.01.08.2006

20 Years Ago in Discover: Misunderstanding AIDS

04.28.2005

41: HIV Victims Can Be Infected Again and Again and Again

01.03.2005

Discover Data

by Jocelyn Selim

New HIV Infections in 2003

The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 6 million HIV infections occurred in 2003—about 14,000 per day. Ninety-five percent occurred in low- or middle-income countries, and half of all newly infected adults are between the ages of 15 and 24.