Africa: Global HIV Targets Set for 2020 Will Not Be Reached - UNAIDS Report
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Report by the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has revealed that the global HIV target set for 2020 will not be…
One in five Londoners had syphilis by age 35 in the late 18th century, historians estimate
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Reading Time: < 1 minute In the late 18th century, one in five Londoners contracted syphilis by their mid-30s, according to a fascinating (if you enjoy reading about…
In The Shadows Of COVID-19, A Devastating Epidemic Rages On
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Reading Time: < 1 minute As the healthcare system responds to surges of COVID-19 cases across the country, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Can you get penis thrush?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute But while vaginal thrush is common, this is actually a misconception as the condition can happen to all genders– so yes, men…
Baby girl born with Covid-19 offers the 'strongest evidence yet' that the virus can be caught in the womb as doctors find traces of the infection in her placenta
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A baby born with the coronavirus has provided the ‘strongest evidence yet’ that the infection can be caught in the womb, doctors…
UN chief warns coronavirus could set world back for years: Live
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Reading Time: < 1 minute UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned the coronavirus pandemic might set the world back “years and even decades” Read More
U.K. marketing police slam Gilead for claiming Biktarvy tolerability beats GSK rival
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Gilead Sciences and GlaxoSmithKline subsidiary ViiV Healthcare are entangled in a heated race for HIV market share, Read More
Covid-19 and the power of civil society: What we can learn from the HIV/AIDS epidemic
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The International AIDS Society (IAS) and the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation welcomed members of civil society and the media to Read More
Being young and living with HIV during Covid-19
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) in KwaZulu-Natal says many young people in the province are experiencing challenges accessing Read More
A Covid-19 experience: Losing someone on the front line
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Due to her risk profile (mid 50s), she was redeployed, at the start of the pandemic, to the office crew. Read More