Mouth and tongue lesions are often one of the first symptoms of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV weakens your immune system, which can leave you susceptible to sores and infections. If left ...

HIV is often surrounded by stigma, misinformation and silence. As a result, many people are unaware of the crucial symptoms that accompany it, leading to missed opportunities for early diagnosis and ...

“Most people who get infected don’t even know. It’s only in hindsight they recognize the symptoms,” says Michael Horberg, M.D., director of HIV/AIDS for Kaiser Permanente. During the first few weeks ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a germ that causes a lifelong infection that slowly weakens the immune system. Though the infection is lifelong, medicines can keep the virus in check and help ...