Twenty years of World AIDS Day

I knew what the red ribbons symbolized before I ever saw the other variants of colorful ribbons pinned and stuck to shirts and trucks. The red ribbon has become a symbol of support for people with HIV/AIDS, viruses that have infected and killed millions of people for over two decades. I expect to see many [...]

The Nobel Prize in medicine

This year’s Nobel Prize for medicine went to researchers who identified the viruses for AIDS and HPV, which paved the way for treatments for illnesses caused those viruses.
Two French scientists — Luc Montagnier, director of the World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention, and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi of the Institut Pasteur — won for their research [...]