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Photo of Dr. King K. Holmes in 2013 after receiving Canada's Gairdner Foundation Global Health Award. Image: Gairdner Foundation

King Holmes, who led pioneering research in sexually transmitted diseases, dies

Nearly single-handedly, Holmes brought the study of sexually transmitted diseases field to the forefront of medical research.

May 12, 2023 Coronavirus / Epstein-Barr Virus / Herpes Simplex Virus - HSV / HIV/AIDS

Going long: Viruses linger with lasting impact

Herpes, HIV, Epstein-Barr and other viruses hang around, causing potential long-term health woes. Should ‘long COVID’ surprise us?

May 31, 2021 HIV/AIDS / Research / Vaccines

HIV/AIDS vaccine: Why don’t we have one after 37 years, when we have several for COVID-19 after a few months?

The difficulty lies in HI itself. In particular, its remarkable strain diversity and the immune evasion strategies.

March 18, 2020 Coronavirus / HIV/AIDS / Public Health

AIDS crisis has 3 lessons to guide how the we respond to coronavirus – UW researcher

Act fast and think big. It’s everybody’s disease. Investing in research and public health pays off.

March 2, 2020 HIV/AIDS / Prevention / Sexually Transmitted Disease

HHS Removed Images Of Condoms From HIV/AIDS Awareness Fliers

The condoms were featured on a fact sheet and included in a social media campaign to spread the word on how to reduce HIV transmission among women and girls.

February 3, 2020 HIV/AIDS / Vaccines

Promising HIV vaccine fails in clinical trial

Researchers have halted its trial of a promising HIV vaccine, after it was found the vaccine was not providing protection against the virus.

December 6, 2019 Addiction / HIV/AIDS

Driven by injection drug use, number of new HIV cases rises in King County

In 2018, county saw a 400% jump in the number of new HIV diagnoses among people who inject drugs.

A human T cell, in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow. NIH

December 3, 2019 HIV/AIDS

How to end the HIV epidemic

Test. Treat, Prevent: A national plan to end the HIV epidemic. The goal is to reduce new HIV infections by 90% by 2030.

August 5, 2019 Doctors / HIV/AIDS

To Few Doctors to Treat HIV in the South

CDC data shows the South, which the agency defines as a 16-state region, saw more new cases — 19,968 — than the rest of the nation combined in 2017.

July 16, 2019 HIV/AIDS

Despite treatment, HIV persists in spinal fluid, linked to cognitive deficits

After nearly a decade of treatment, cells sheltering the virus could be found in the cerebrospinal fluid of half of participants in a trial of people with HIV.

April 18, 2019 HIV/AIDS

Health officials report on 2018 Seattle HIV outbreak

In 2018, a total of 30 women and heterosexual men who drugs inject were diagnosed with HIV, more than four times the number of women and heterosexual male injectors diagnosed in 2017.

February 7, 2019 Health News / HIV/AIDS

Trump Pledges To End HIV Transmission By 2030. Doable, But Daunting.

Even with the gains made in drug therapies and understanding of the HIV/AIDS over nearly 40 years, it is not an easy undertaking.

December 18, 2018 Dentistry / Dentists / Hepatitis / HIV/AIDS / Public Health

Burien dental clinic closed over infection control concerns

Patients who received dental services from Burien’s George M. Davis Dental Clinic should to consider being tested for hepatitis B, C, and HIV — officials say

December 1, 2018 HIV/AIDS / Public Health / Sexually Transmitted Disease

What you need to know about HIV/AIDS today

Efforts to stop the spread of HIV are hindered by fear and stigma.

November 30, 2018 HIV/AIDS

An update on HIV in King County

Last year 161 King County residents were diagnosed with HIV, the lowest number since 1994. This is a 51% decrease in new HIV diagnoses overall.