Why do men die younger compared to women? People with fewer or weaker social connections tend to have higher death rates, for reasons that are unclear, and this tends to be men more often than women....

Why women’s health matters for everyone Seven in 10 of maternal deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. An estimated 287,000 women globally lost their lives due to maternal causes, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO)....

Researching HIV in children Despite substantial advances in preventing perinatal HIV transmission, infants remain at high risk for HIV due to undiagnosed or untreated maternal HIV. https://www.independent.co.ug/researching-hiv-in-children/ Man in Mexico dies with first human case of...

Commentary: After 40 years of AIDS, why do we still not have an HIV vaccine? In April 1984, after it was announced that researchers had discovered HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, then US Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret Heckler made a bold prediction – that a...

Women with HIV need tailored advice on statins and heart disease risk Advice also needs to make women aware of how the symptoms of heart disease differ in women and men. https://www.aidsmap.com/news/mar-2024/women-hiv-need-tailored-advice-statins-and-heart-disease-risk Global child...