New drug candidate reawakens sleeping HIV in hopes of functional cure
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have created a next-generation drug called Ciapavir Read More
Coronavirus and HIV in the United States: Lessons learned, lessons ignored
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Reading Time: < 1 minute It has been just six months since the new coronavirus officially known as SARS-CoV-2 was recognised and already Read More
Nomandla Yako, the HIV/Aids activist who ‘planted hope’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute In the despairing, dark days when HIV was ravaging South Africa and access to treatment was priced out of reach for thousands,…
New Report Reveals Prevalence of Hidden Copay Accumulator Insurance Programs and Higher Costs for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Chronic Diseases
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A new report by The AIDS Institute finds that copay accumulator programs for prescription medicines are becoming more prevalent, raising costs for…
HIV drugs Lopinavir, Ritonavir show 'no promise' for COVID treatment, reveals UK's recovery trial
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The world’s largest drug trial for potential COVID-19 therapies—the UKH’s Recovery Trail conducted by Oxford University Read More
South Africa in talks with India's Macleods to set up HIV drug maker
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Reading Time: < 1 minute South Africa is in partnership talks with India’s Macleods Pharmaceuticals Ltd to set up a state-owned company to make and sell HIV…
Health Beat: HIV & teens: Prevention, diagnosis and cure
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A young man with HIV asked not to be identified because his mother still doesn’t know he has it. Read More
The time is now to raise the ambition in the fight against HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute HIV in Europe has come a long way since the 1980s: back then, being HIV positive was considered a death sentence. Read…
New study shows how tests of hearing can reveal HIV's effects on the brain
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Even with effective anti-retroviral therapy, patients infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) sustain central nervous system damage. Read More
Coronavirus lockdown could end Northern Ireland HIV transmission: charity
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Lockdown could help end HIV transmission in Northern Ireland, it has been claimed. Read More