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Federal health regulators are warning consumers to beware of fraudulent drugs that claim to treat, cure and prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) -- dangerous snake oil that may actually contribute to the spread of STDs and delay the treatment of serious conditions. The Food and Drug...

Led by the health insurance reform law, a flurry of drug and food recalls, key medical breakthroughs and plenty of layoffs and lawsuits, 2010 proved to be an exciting -- if not always positive -- year. Here's our rundown of the biggest health care stories.

Two trends have emerged from the 2010 International AIDS Conference taking place in Vienna: Science has made great strides to combat the disease, but global demand for drug therapies exceeds the funding available to pay for them.

U.S. researchers have discovered two powerful antibodies that can neutralize more than 90% of all known strains of the HIV virus in the lab, according to new research by National Institutes of Health scientists. And another new study has possibly discovered a vaginal gel that can block transmission...

As the world hopes for an HIV vaccine following recent positive developments, a new study in South Africa shows that a vaginal gel made using Gilead Sciences' AIDS drug Viread cut HIV infections in women by as much as 50%.

The NIH says the two naturally occurring, powerful antibodies came from an HIV-infected individual. Scientists found these antibodies not only neutralize more HIV strains, but do so with greater strength than previously known antibodies.

The porn business is going to keep its elbow room. A petition by an AIDS advocacy group to require that adult film companies use condoms when shooting movies has been denied by a Los Angeles judge.

Nearly 30 years after its discovery, AIDS still has no known cure. Researchers almost gave up hope of ever finding a vaccine. However, hopes were rekindled when a Phase III clinical trial involving more than 16,000 adult volunteers in Thailand demonstrated that an experimental HIV vaccine was safe...

When we hear of pharmaceutical companies' ventures it's usually either a straight merger & acquisition or a collaboration on a drug or two in their pipelines to share costs and, of course, potential profits. But Pfizer Inc. (PFE) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have come up with a new one. Rather...

I get my flu shot each fall without really thinking about the miracle it represents. In an age where our health worries focus on osteoporosis, impotence and incontinence, it's easy to forget what horrors our routine vaccinations have removed from our consciousness. When I was very young, the U.S....