Tool to measure success of HIV cure strategies developed
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteScientists have developed a new assay to accurately and easily count the cells that comprise the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) reservoir, the…
February 2019 – HIV Testing is Still Critically Important
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDr. Janet Seabrook Ever notice how some diseases run their course of popularity and then you start to hear less and less…
HIV outbreak occurs among Boston drug users
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSince November 2018, Boston public health officials have diagnosed six new cases of HIV in the city among people injecting drugs. COURTESY…
Nurse injects child with HIV-infected needle, jailed for three years
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Uganda hospital will pay out R36 000, after one of its nurses injected a two-year-old child with a HIV-contaminated needle. …
HIV-Related Diarrhea Remains Significant And Unchanged
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDue to underreporting, HIV specialists often believe diarrhea is disappearing among poz folks. It’s not. A study presented at AIDS 2018 last…
Zimbabwe pastor convicted over 'HIV cure'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute© Walter Magaya/Facebook Walter Magaya is a flashy pastor with a huge following A court in Zimbabwe has fined a popular self-styled…
Setting targets for HIV/AIDS—What lessons can be learned from other disease control programmes?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIntroduction Over the last four decades, efforts to address the global HIV pandemic have required multidisciplinary and multisectoral approaches adapted to different…
Botswana: From Despair to Hope: Journey of a Young Woman Born Infected With HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePhoto: United Nations Population Fund She was just ten years old when she found out she was infected with HIV: “I…
How Does HIV Age The Mind And Body?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new study uncovers factors likely to make HIV-positive people age faster — and how much older they may make you. …