MONDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) — Nobody said HIV would give up without a fight.
As World AIDS Day arrives Dec. 1, scientists are taking a sobering look back at what went wrong in recent, high-profile failures of two human trials of candidate AIDS vaccines.
The consensus: A viable vaccine is still very possible, and with it comes the potential to wipe out HIV/AIDS. But the science behind any new candidate vaccine must be much stronger than it has been in the past before testing begins in humans. Read More

THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) — Two years after U.S. health officials recommended routine
THURSDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) — Teenage girls treated for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) become highly vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), sometimes just weeks or months after treatment, researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center report.
THURSDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) — Bisphenol A, a controversial chemical used to harden plastic packaging for many foods and beverages, may affect human reproduction, researchers report.
TUESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) — Six out of every 10 middle-aged Britons do not use a condom during a first-time sexual encounter, a new study shows.
MONDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) — An estimated 25,000 cases of cancers associated with
MONDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests that teens who spend the most time watching sexually charged television shows are twice as likely to become pregnant or impregnate someone else.
FRIDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) — A simple mouth rinse can spot specific types of human papillomavirus, some of which cause genital warts and increase the risk of developing certain types of cancer, new research shows.
FRIDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) — In a double whammy for the female gender, new research shows that 40 percent of women report sexual problems, but only 12 percent are distressed about it.

