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,…
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
Repurposed HIV Drug Ineffective in Treating COVID-19, Say Oxford Researchers
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Reading Time: < 1 minute An antiviral drug combination touted as a potential COVID-19 treatment did not improve patients’ chances of survival, researchers at the University of…
What is pooled testing? How lessons from the HIV epidemic could help fight the coronavirus
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A testing strategy that helped fight HIV could offer the United States a window into the severity of the coronavirus outbreak. Read…
Like HIV, corona hits immune cells: Studies
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Researchers have discovered that in many Covid patients, the immune system is threatened by a depletion of certain essential cells, suggesting eerie…
Psychiatrists see HIV-like situation, suggest pre-test, post-test counselling
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Four Covid-19 patients have committed suicide in Karnataka and psychiatrists say those battling an infection and perhaps fear – of stigma, isolation…
Podcast Examines Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for COVID-19 Disease
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Borrowing from successful HIV/AIDS prophylaxis, a TrialSiteNews podcast suggests rethinking the use of a controversial FDA-approved medication to avoid severe COVID-19 disease….
Five lessons from HIV to guide COVID-19 approach
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Forty years ago, another pandemic was sweeping the globe and causing confusion and fear. Read More
Five women share their stories of living with HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Nine months after revealing he is HIV positive, former professional rugby player Gareth Thomas has launched the Tackle HIV campaign in an effort…
India: 57 minor girls at a children’s shelter home found COVID-19 positive, five are pregnant and one HIV positive
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Fifty-seven minor girls have tested positive for the novel coronavirus at a state-run children’s shelter home, Read More