For World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, Paul Nash of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology reminds us of the social and medical challenges facing people living with HIV, many of whom are older adults.
The team is advancing a gene therapy approach to control the virus without the need for daily medicines.
Testing will be provided at student health centers on both the University Park and Health Sciences campuses, and is available to undergraduate and graduate students.
USC analysis shows that 15- to 39-year-olds had the best survival of any age group for many years after HIV/AIDS-related cancers are taken into account.
Targeting human proteins may be a more effective treatment than using “HIV cocktails” to maintain health.
Eric Rice needed a better way to identify peer educators, and software was the answer.
USC leads research into link between high inflammation and narrowing of the arteries.
The American Psychological Association taps Suzanne Wenzel to take part in an initiative focusing on HIV/AIDS among vulnerable populations.
Documentary spotlights the growing epidemic among middle-aged and older adults in communities of color.
The virtual program receives free professional therapy to caregivers with no access to other mental health services.
Scientists discuss HIV research and support for people living with the disease.
The health care system would save more lives and money if patients were treated with the latest drugs earlier, researchers at USC and other institutions find.
Rare disease research has become a priority, says the medical school’s chief of hematology and blood diseases.
By overcoming obstacles, health services official reforms public health and strengthens communities.
Algorithm helps social workers determine how best to get their message to those at risk.
The filmmaker co-directs a new documentary about perinatally infected children.
Hortensia Amaro to be awarded for inspiring former students who have bettered society.
Why are black women less likely to use health care than white women?
New grant will allow USC researchers to examine how a move to permanent housing changes social networks among the homeless in Los Angeles.
A series of papers in Health Affairs examines how the Affordable Care Act could affect two sectors of the nation’s most vulnerable people.
The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Annual Symposium focuses on the promise of regenerative medicine — from curing HIV to building organs such as kidneys and intestines.
For the first time, scientists and engineers have identified a critical cancer-causing component in the virus that causes Kaposi’s sarcoma.
Antiretroviral drugs that suppress the HIV infection can also block the contraceptive function of the most commonly used type of birth control pill.
USC researchers have demonstrated a way to generate potential new drugs to halt the replication of HIV in infected patients by inhibiting a crucial enzyme in the virus’ reproductive cycle.