Antiretroviral drugs prevent the reproduction of a type of virus called a retrovirus. The human immunodefiency virus (HIV), that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), is a retrovirus. These drugs are therefore used to treat HIV infections....

Antiretroviral drugs are medications for the treatment of infection by retroviruses, primarily HIV. Different classes of antiretroviral drugs act at different stages of the HIV life cycle. Combination of several (typically three or four) antiretroviral...

Russia's chief epidemiologist said Tuesday that the country was suffering a shortage in HIV medicines and acknowledged that bureaucratic bungles had contributed to the problem. Gennady Onishchenko's comments reinforced complaints that AIDS activists made last month of interrupted deliveries of...

Cameroon will give free treatment to all HIV/AIDS patients in the West African country starting next month, the health minister pledged Thursday."The government of the Republic of Cameroon has decided today that there will be free treatment with antiretroviral (drugs) for all people living with...

Cameroon will give free treatment to all HIV/AIDS patients in the West African country starting next month, the health minister pledged Thursday."The government of the Republic of Cameroon has decided today that there will be free treatment with antiretroviral (drugs) for all people living with...

The number of HIV infections in Malaysia could surge by more than fourfold to 300,000 by 2015 as the virus spreads rapidly from high-risk groups to the general public, a senior health official warned Sunday.Other than drug addicts, official statistics indicate the HIV virus that...