Novel SARS-CoV-2 mutations reported in chronic HIV patients
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Reading Time: < 1 minute As of January 23, 2022, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected over 350 million people worldwide and claimed…
South African doctors fear new COVID variants could evolve in untreated HIV population
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Reading Time: < 1 minute As the Omicron variant continues to sweep the world, registering a record number of infections in Japan, Russia and Romania amongst others,…
Omicron: South African scientists probe link between variants and untreated HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute South African scientists – hailed for their discovery of Omicron – are investigating the “highly plausible hypothesis” that the emergence of new…
Trial in sub-Saharan Africa evaluates the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine in people living with HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A highly anticipated clinical trial in eight sub-Saharan countries is the first to specifically evaluate the efficacy of a COVID-19 vaccine in people…
Omicron variant suspected to have originated from HIV patient, not evolved from Delta variant
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Richard Lessells, an infectious diseases expert in South Africa, told the newspaper that it was likely that the Omicron variant was incubated…
Why scientists think the new variant may have emerged in an HIV patient
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The South African scientists tracking the new coronavirus variant believe it probably evolved in a patient with HIV/Aids with a chronic Covid-19…
New Covid Variant B.1.1.529 Evolved from AIDS Patient? Know All About Its Mutation, Cases
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The discovery of a new variant with over 30 spike mutations in South Africa has left the scientists worried Read More
US has delivered 7.6m doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Nigeria, helping to fund treatment of 1.5m HIV patients – Blinken
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, has said his country has so far delivered 7.6 million doses of safe, Read…
Namibia suspends use of Russian Covid-19 vaccine after SA flags HIV concerns
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Namibia will suspend the rollout of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, its health ministry said on Saturday, days after the drugs regulator…
Kenya: The 'triple tragedy' facing Homa Bay as it battles HIV, malaria and COVID
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Homa Bay is facing what one doctor has calls a “triple tragedy” – but the malaria vaccine could bring hope to the…