In Nigeria, HIV self-testing has stakeholders at a policy impasse
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Reading Time: < 1 minute With HIV cases dropping, Nigeria plans to shift to a more cost-effective self-testing strategy, but stakeholders are at odds over the effect…
Surat: Rape survivor delivers baby, both test HIV+
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A 22-year-old textile unit worker was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl multiple times for nearly two years Read…
Atripla for HIV Treatment: Everything You Need to Know
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Atripla is a tablet containing three medications: efavirenz (EFV, Sustiva), emtricitabine (FTC, Emtriva), and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF, Viread). Read More
HIV Drug Study Highlights Difference In Kidney, Liver Risks Between Older and Newer Gilead Drugs
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Reading Time: < 1 minute As Gilead faces thousands of HIV drug lawsuits over side effects of Truvada, Viread and other TDF-based medications, Read More
New research shows HIV infections can be stopped by conducting contact tracing
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A new study by HIV researchers has shown the viral infection could be curbed by the application of contact tracing Read More
Heathrow launches £80 twenty-minute airport COVID test for passengers flying to Italy and Hong Kong amid hopes quarantine will be cut to one week by Christmas
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Heathrow is to offer passengers £80 pre-departure Covid tests to help get the struggling flight industry off the ground. Read More
Study suggests dolutegravir is the optimal first-line HIV medication
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A new study has found that dolutegravir is the optimal medication for first-line treatment for people newly diagnosed with HIV. Read More
Corruption, drugs over-pricing hampering war against HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute WITH the huge burden of having the second largest HIV epidemic in the world, Nigeria literally has its plate full in terms…
Man's 24-yr term for infecting 30 women with HIV upheld
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A HIV-positive Italian man on Monday saw his 24-year jail term for deliberately infecting some 30 Roman young women with HIV. Read…
GAMBIA: "THE PRESIDENT SHORTENED THE LIVES OF THESE PEOPLE, THEY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE"
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Reading Time: < 1 minute On October 12, public hearings resumed before Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission after a two-month break due to the Covid-19 pandemic….