Why women aren’t taking HIV prevention drug PrEP, even though it saves lives
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Reading Time: < 1 minute PrEP has revolutionised HIV prevention for gay men – but women have been left behind. Read More
Testing uncovers high prevalence of active syphilis among people with HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Testing uncovered a high prevalence of active syphilis among HIV-positive people in four African countries, Read More
Young Women Prefer Vaginal Ring as HIV Prevention
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Reading Time: < 1 minute When given the option, adolescent girls and young women in Africa overwhelmingly opted to use either a drug-eluting vaginal ring or oral…
16 TODDLERS WITH HIV AT BIRTH NOW HAVE NO DETECTABLE VIRUS
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Hours after their births, 34 infants began a three-drug combination HIV treatment. Read More
Risk for myocardial infarction increases among people with HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The risk for myocardial infarction has increased in recent years among people with HIV in the United States, data presented at the…
Gambia: Alarming - Estimated 24000 People Living With HIV in Gambia
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Despite the existence of HIV since March 1986, many people living with the Virus (PLHIV) have been affected and some have undergone…
Day 1: Just Diagnosed with HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Being diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can be devastating. Read More
Luc Montagnier, co-discoverer of HIV, dies aged 89
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Luc Montagnier, the French virologist credited as a co-discoverer of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has died aged 89. Read More
Fungal infections cause more Aids deaths than tuberculosis – here's what we can do about it
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Even though annual deaths from Aids are coming down – from a peak of 1.9 million in 2004 to 690,000 in 2020 –…
Discovery of ‘highly virulent’ HIV variant ‘not a public health crisis’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Researchers discovered what they described as a “highly virulent” variant of HIV-1 that has been circulating in the Netherlands for the past…