HIV-positive figure's condom-free message clashes with international medical advice.

The new Mr Gay New Zealand, who is HIV positive, is defending having unprotected sex, saying he always informs sexual partners of his health status.

Gay broadcaster and MC Steven Oates is hosting three events at this month's Auckland Pride Festival.

Charlie Tredway won the competition after 10 finalists were put through their paces at the Big Gay Out in Auckland on Sunday.

An Auckland mother living with HIV says ending new HIV infections here by 2025 is not impossible, but it will require "an incredible amount" of effort.

Reports have claimed a risky new sex game is fast becoming popular, but is there any actual evidence to support them?

The world's most dangerous infectious disease epidemic of the modern era is reviving, but are we prepared in New Zealand?

Scientists have made an HIV breakthrough, discovering an antibody that neutralises majority of the virus

Reality star and celebrity mum Yolanda Hadid has compared Lyme disease to HIV in an emotional appearance at an event in Sydney.

HIV/AIDS infection rates globally have failed to significantly decline in 10 years, with cases in over 70 countries actually increasing.

Nervous smiles from Prince Harry as he faces one of his toughest tests.

Nervous smiles from Prince Harry as he faces one of his toughest tests.

Russian "AIDS experts" say the best form of protection is to "be in a heterosexual family where both partners are loyal to each other".

As many as 70 percent of people infected with HIV in the United States do not have the virus under control, boosting the risk of transmission, according to a study. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the vast majority of 1.2 million infected people either were no longer in care or were not taking medication regularly in 2011.

Child born with the virus among those diagnosed, as infection rate rises for the fifth year in a row.

The Aids Foundation is pushing for a pill to be approved here for use in HIV prevention after a similar move was made across the Tasman.

A cure for HIV and Aids could be just a few years away.

A new documentary film offers a look back at the Reagan administration's initial reaction to the emerging AIDS crisis.

International stars including Hollywood actors Sean Penn and Charlize Theron have mingled with revellers in golden, exotic and erotic costumes in Vienna at the Life Ball AIDS charity event.

A men’s magazine has printed its latest issue using ink infused with HIV-positive blood in a bid to break the taboo associated with the disease.

A new type of HIV treatment involving the transfusion of a synthetic antibody has shown startling trial results.

An urgent hearing was arranged yesterday to put name suppression in place for an Aucklander charged with infecting another man with HIV.

A man has been charged in the Auckland District Court after allegedly infecting another man with HIV.

Seventeen young Auckland cricketers got a double lesson from South African Cricket World Cup players - one in cricket, and another about the HIV virus.

The Aids Foundation is investigating how a drug programme to prevent HIV in homosexual men could be introduced to New Zealand.

A game-changing trial has shown that rates of HIV infection can be slashed by treating actively gay men with an anti-viral drug when they are healthy.

A new kind of vaccine has shown "striking" results in tests against HIV, raising hopes of a therapy to protect people from Aids.

Parents of children with HIV are under no legal obligations to inform their child's school - despite several schools having a policy insisting that they do.