This site offers a wealth of information regarding HIV and AIDS. Content ranges from basic health information found under "FAQ" to topical information such as the risk of AIDS to teens and home care options.

Learn about the risk factors, symptoms, prevention, and treatment for HIV and AIDS on this website. Website includes data about the disease from around the world, fact sheets, links, and videos.

This is AIDS.org, educating, raising awareness, and building community regarding the AIDS virus. Includes facts, information on testing, news, books, programs, and more.

Explore the body's immune system to understand how a virus enters the body and how the human body fights against the viruses like the mumps virus and HIV.

This site from the UN Cyberschool program provides a briefing for students on the global struggle against HIV/AIDS. In addition to basic facts, it examines what is happening in Zambia to fight AIDS. It also provides; suggestions for...

A collection of Scientific American articles from 2008 on the topic of AIDS.

This collection uses primary sources to explore AIDS activism during the 1980s.

This PDF fact card on HIV explains how you can get the virus, the effect it has on your body, and how to protect yourself from infection. Requires Adobe Reader.

The Why Files have provided a wonderful site examining the possible AIDS vaccines being developed. Several topics are discussed, including topics about the chemical makeup of the virus itself.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, causes AIDS. AIDS stands for "acquired immune deficiency syndrome." It is a condition that causes death and does not have a...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how HIV is transmitted and how it causes AIDS.

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A good Q & A that covers a lot of the common questions that usually occur during discussions of HIV or AIDS. Good science behind the discussion. Original resource from 1999 U. S. Public Health Service's Office of Women's Health.

Very good, straightforward facts (as we know it from research) about the HIV virus. Clears up common misconceptions. Original resource from 1998 American Association for World Health.

A good article on the basics of HIV biology and transmission. The site also tackles the implications of a positive HIV test. Original resource from 2009 HIV Coalition.

A good site which explains the effect of the outside the body environment on the HIV virus. This addresses the common fear of airborne transmission. Original resource from 1999 U. S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

One-page overview that provides basic facts on AIDS/HIV. Learn what it is, how it is transmitted, and what the treatment is.

Learn about how to protect yourself from HIV/AIDS with some scientific facts.

A good article that supports the evidence that HIV and AIDS have a causal relationship. Links to additional information on this subject. Original resource from 2000 U. S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Activity-based resource on the AIDS epidemic and Africa. Students answer a set of questions for discussion and participate in an activity in which they analyze the literature and make recommendations as if from the U.S. State Department....

Listen to real people discuss their experiences dealing with HIV, AIDS, and death.

Shows the step by step process by which the HIV virus takes over a cell and makes copies of itself. Each explanation is animated.

A comprehensive look at the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the strides made in treatment and prevention over the past 30 years.

This site from BBC News provides a clickable map of the world which shows the spread of the HIV infection. When you click on an area, you will also get a more detailed map with information on the spread of HIV over time.