HIV infections in children worrying: Unicef
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Reading Time: < 1 minute THE United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) believes more efforts are needed to combat HIV infections in children in Sub-Saharan Africa. …
FDA approves world's first injectable treatment to prevent HIV: What this means in fight against AIDS
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The FDA is hopeful that a long-acting injectable drug for HIV prevention will boost uptake of such medication in high-risk groups. Read…
HIV drugs 'stop brain tumours growing'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Drugs to treat HIV and AIDS could be effective at stopping low-grade brain tumours from growing, scientists at the University of Plymouth…
Glaxosmithkline's HIV jab is approved by US regulators who say it is more effective than tablets
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Reading Time: < 1 minute An injectable drug made by Glaxosmithkline that prevents HIV has been approved by US regulators. Read More
Headlines linking people with HIV to COVID variants are at best incomplete, at worst stigmatising
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Earlier this year, scientists discovered that the Alpha variant of SARS-CoV-2 had a unique feature. Read More
Quality of life must be a key measure for HIV treatment
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Advocates and doctors alike have called for quality of life to be a key measure in determining the success of treatment for…
‘A wave of joy’: babies born from world’s first HIV positive sperm bank
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Olivia and Amy are sitting outside in the shade, trying to escape from New Zealand’s early-summer humidity. Read More
Study finds how HIV replicates in the body
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A new study has found how a small difference in the RNA sequence can allow the viral RNA to be packaged for…
NICE recommends offering PrEP to people at high risk of HIV for the first time
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Reading Time: < 1 minute People with the highest risk of contracting HIV should be offered pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence…
Malta has highest rate of HIV diagnoses in the EU
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Malta has the highest rate of new HIV diagnoses among EU countries and continues to report an increase while two-thirds are showing…