Kenya: The 'triple tragedy' facing Homa Bay as it battles HIV, malaria and COVID
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHoma Bay is facing what one doctor has calls a “triple tragedy” – but the malaria vaccine could bring hope to the…
Gene found in monkeys, mice could work as new type of antiviral to block HIV, Ebola, other deadly viruses in humans
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA nationwide team of researchers, led by scientists at University of Utah Health and The Rockefeller University, has determined how a genetic…
Children Dying of Covid in South Africa Often Also Have HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSouth Africa should consider vaccinating adolescents against the coronavirus after data showed that the most common underlying cause of death among youngsters…
Why Covid-19 got vaccines faster than HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe speedy development for Covid-19 vaccines has raised questions in some quarters as to why the same has taken ages for HIV. Read…
HIV, TB linked to increased risk of in-hospital COVID-19 deaths
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA recent Lancet study has shown that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) are associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 in-hospital…
Study shows COVID-19 vaccine likely protects people with HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Johns Hopkins Medicine research team has shown that people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are likely to be protected…
How do vaccines work when you have HIV or cancer? Four questions answered
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePeople with weakened immune systems — such as those with untreated HIV infection, people with diabetes or those undergoing chemotherapy for cancer…
Risk of severe or fatal Covid-19 is 30% greater in people living with HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe risk of developing severe or fatal Covid-19 is 30% greater in people living with HIV compared to those who are HIV-negative…
What people living with HIV need to know about HIV and COVID-19
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThese are difficult times for all of us. UNAIDS is urging people to act with kindness, not stigma and discrimination –Read More
HIV 'significant' risk factor for severe COVID: WHO
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHIV is a “significant” risk factor for severe COVID-19, the World Health Organization said in research published on Thursday that showed a…