A new vaccine approved by the FDA means children may have the opportunity to receive protection from meningitis earlier and without an extra shot.

One key to preventing the spread of any infectious disease is teaching people how to avoid giving it to others. But when it comes to HIV, there is often confusion about this.

Let's call a spade a spade. Since it was first introduced, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has been mired in controversy. For a different perspective of the topic, researchers asked doctors what they thought about these shots.

Timothy Brown's story was a spark of tremendous hope: He had been diagnosed with HIV and then 'cured.' Doctors and scientists believed that the virus disappeared from his body completely.

As if low-income, HIV-positive, pregnant women don't have enough on their plates, many also have to contend with depression - though it's possible not enough doctors are noticing.

If you were laid up with the flu this year, you didn't have as much company. This past flu season was a mild one, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

If you have HIV, one of the most dangerous risks is becoming infected with another chronic disease at the same time. Hepatitis B is one of HIV's most common infectious partners.

In the 1980s , people with HIV weren't allowed to enter intensive care units because they were too close to death. But now, more and more HIV patients are coming out of the ICU alive.

A cluster of salmonella infections, mostly affecting young children, that began in 2005 appears to be associated with contact with live chickens purchased through a mail-order hatchery.

The first pill approved by the FDA for preventing HIV in healthy patients doesn't come without concern. Experts worry that the drug does more harm than good.