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A single injection of a drug called cabotegravir given every two months has been shown to be more effective than a daily oral dose of Truvada.

Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s former deputy president, was acquitted Monday of charges he raped an HIV-positive female friend after a judge ruled the encounter was consensual. Madeleine Brand talks with Washington Post reporter Craig Timberg about the politically charged case.

A Guinean student in the Senegalese capital of Dakar has tested positive for the deadly disease. David Greene talks to Krista Larson, West Africa correspondent for the Associated Press.

They toil in mines, tend crops, scrub floors. An author of a new report on child labor points to great progress in reducing the number of kids who work but says the numbers remain "unacceptable."

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield about the new aid package she announced to help address the food crisis in Somalia.

Industry demand for the "sustainable seafood" label, issued by the Marine Stewardship Council, is increasing. But some environmentalists fear fisheries are being certified despite evidence showing that the fish population is in trouble — or when there's not enough information to know the impact on the oceans.

A whale swimming in the River Thames drew crowds and stopped traffic in London Friday. The whale had swum more than 40 miles from the North Sea. Experts thought the animal might be sick or disoriented, and a rescue effort has now begun to try to persuade the 20-foot whale to return to the ocean.

After recording throughout the '80s, Grant McLennan and Robert Forster broke up to pursue solo careers. Oceans Apart is their third album since they reunited in 2000.

Low oil prices are squeezing all parts of the industry — even the black market. Oil theft off the coast of West Africa has fallen, and analysts say low oil prices mean piracy is no longer profitable.

Taming Ebola virus is now a challenge for the American health care system. We track the U.S. experience with Ebola from the discovery of a strain in laboratory monkeys in 1989 to the current outbreak.