UNICEF: 160,000 children acquired HIV in 2020
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said 160,000 children acquired the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in 2020, Read More
Side-effects and costs are important issues for users of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, survey finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new survey finds that men who would be potential users of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication prefer long-acting injections over pills,…
Baby born to mum with HIV given op to combat illness even if she objected
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn unborn baby whose mum has HIV was at the centre of an ‘exceptional’ family court case. Read More
Supermarket shoplifter spat in police officer's face then claimed he had HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute On Monday Skelly, 44, of Greenbank, Hadfield in Glossop, pleaded guilty to assault of an emergency worker, theft from a shop…
Former partner who accused Gareth Thomas of hiding his HIV says he is 'vindicated'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGareth Thomas’ former partner has spoken out after the settlement of a legal case he filed against the Welsh rugby legend. Read…
'I was told AIDS would kill me in three years. Forty years on I'm still here'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The year was 1979. Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister, Sony Walkman players were flying off the shelves and ‘Bright Eyes’…
Children Denied Same Access to Treatment for HIV/AIDS as Adults
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe U.N.’s main AIDS program says thousands of children are dying from HIV/AIDS because, unlike adults, they do not receive treatment for…
Delta: Man Rapes Girlfriend’s Daughter, Infects Her With HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA man has been remanded at Ogwashi-uku correctional centre for allegedly raping his girlfriend’s 17-year-old daughter in Delta State. Read More
Why inventing a vaccine for AIDS is tougher than for COVID
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe four-decades long effort to create an HIV vaccine suffered a blow last week with news that Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a division of…
Malawi: HIV/Aids Deaths Go Down By 50 Percent in Malawi
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOfficial statistics show that deaths due to HIV and AIDS has dropped by 50 per cent since 2010. Read More