HIV

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOpt-out HIV testing is being launched on Friday 1 April in emergency departments in London.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe first injection to offer long-lasting protection against HIV is being rolled out in South Africa and Brazil, as an alternative to…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhile antiretroviral therapy (ART) is known to limit HIV replication leading to elimination of most infected cells, the virus is never fully…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDespite decreasing dementia rates among people with HIV, this patient population remains more likely to have dementia than those without HIV, Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHIV and ageing were one of the hot topics at the recently held Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minutePaying for sex is prevalent among African men with 1 in 10 of them using the services of sex workers, suggests new…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteResearchers suggest that male circumcision could reduce the risk of HIV infection because the foreskin’s tissues protect its parts from the virus,…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUnited States government (US) through the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has revealed that nearly 1.8 million women and…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the 80s, a positive HIV diagnosis would have spelt “death sentence”.  Read More