It has been 10 years since the first patient, also known as the Berlin patient, was cleared from HIV. However, a case study published on March 5, in the multidisciplinary scientific journal Nature announced that a second person sustained remission from HIV-1 for more than a year. Both patients underwent stem cell transplants from donors with a rare genetic mutation that made them resistant to the...

What began as Women’s History Week in California the week of March 8, 1978, has flourished into a month-long dedication as a time to remember women’s progression in society.   From the Seneca Falls convention in the year 1848, where women fought for social and civil rights including suffrage, to more recent representations of female empowerment at the Women’s March that began in January...