Zimbabwe introduces injectable HIV drug
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Reading Time: < 1 minute ZIMBABWE has introduced Cabotegravir long-acting (CAB-LA), an injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis drug, to add to the HIV prevention regime in the country. Read…
As a straight woman I thought I was immune to HIV, but I was so wrong
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Reading Time: < 1 minute I was at work when I got the phone call from the sexual health clinic. I had been expecting an all-clear text,…
Revealed: British soldiers in Kenya are forced into having unprotected sex with prostitutes in 'coin-tossing' initiation ceremonies to prove how 'brave' they are - sparking fears squaddies could contract HIV/Aids
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Reading Time: < 1 minute British soldiers training in Kenya have carried out initiation ceremonies in which younger recruits are forced into having unprotected sex with prostitutes,…
South Africa: One in Four South Africans With HIV Not On Treatment - New Estimates
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Despite South Africa’s impressive HIV testing figures, a subset of people start taking antiretroviral therapy far later than is ideal for their…
Ex-British Airways manager is being held in Qatar jail after 'police used fake dating app profile to arrest and plant drugs on him because he's gay' - and has now run out of vital HIV medication, his brother claims
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A British-Mexican man is being held in detention in Qatar after police allegedly used a fake dating app profile to arrest and plant…
HIV cases up in metro Atlanta, Fulton County health officials say
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Numbers from the Centers for Disease Control show metro Atlanta has the third highest rate of new HIV cases in the country. …
HIV positive predator slammed as 'terribly selfish' by judge after he had unprotected sex with a teen he met online
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A HIV positive man has been thrown behind bars for five years for having unprotected sex with a 15-year-old boy he met online. …
Half of those with HIV in developed countries are at least age 50, at higher risk of frailty and multiple comorbidities
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A new research review to be presented at a pre-congress day for this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID…
HIV cure breakthrough as scientists find way of eliminating AIDS-causing virus
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Scientists have successfully eliminated HIV from infected cells in what has been hailed as a significant breakthrough in the race for a cure. …
Kenyan job hunters rejected over pregnancy, HIV tests
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenyan MPs are investigating the recent recruitment of tax revenue workers after it emerged that some applicants were rejected after doing HIV…