A breakthrough in HIV research has been made, as a group of doctors have claimed chemicals found in bee stings can help prevent the spreading of HIV. Nanoparticles carrying a toxin found in bee venom can destroy human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) while leaving surrounding cells unharmed, researchers at Washington University School[...]

A New York veteran’s hospital may have exposed more than 700 of its patients with HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C by mistakenly reusing its insulin pens, which are used to inject diabetes patients with a hormone produced by the pancreas. Patients at the Buffalo Veterans Administration Center are now[...]