The Wistar Institute in University City has unveiled its first expansion in more than 130 years — a new center focused on finding a cure for HIV and other viral diseases. The expansion comes at a ...

In 1981, physicians in Los Angeles reported five young patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia, a rare lung infection later recognized as the first sign of HIV infection and a defining illness of AIDS.

Speaking at the 16th International Aids Conference in 2006, the then UNAids executive director, Peter Piot, remarked: “Since the beginning of the epidemic, stigma, discrimination and gender inequality ...