The drive to beat HIV for good is doomed to failure if it continues to ignore women
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Reading Time: < 1 minute My mum gave birth to me in 1981, the same year as the first cases of what would come to be as…
England on track to diagnose 95% of people living with HIV by 2025
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Fewer than one in 20 people living with HIV in England expected to be unaware of status by 2025. Read More
No one’s telling the stories of HIV-positive Black women. In the pandemic, they need more support.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The first HIV cases were reported in the United States 40 years ago. Read More
Combining an HIV vaccine with immunotherapy may reduce the need for daily medication
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A new combination treatment for HIV can strengthen a patient’s immune response against the virus even after they stop taking traditional medications,…
Does Circumcision Actually Help Prevent HIV?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Many studies, mostly out of Africa, have drawn conclusions that circumcision is effective in reducing STIs, including HIV. Read More
PrEP, the HIV prevention pill, now 100% free for the insured
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A life-changing drug that can reduce the risk of getting HIV by as much as 99% is now completely free for millions…
GSK agrees deal to develop longer-acting HIV drugs
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Reading Time: < 1 minute GlaxoSmithKline has agreed a deal to develop ultra-long acting HIV drugs administered as little as four times a year that could revolutionise…
Group decries illegal disclosure of HIV status before employment
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) have decried the illegal compulsion of Nigerians to disclose their HIV status…
Nigeria: Twelve test positive for HIV at medical outreach
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Reading Time: < 1 minute At least 12 persons tested positive for HIV and cervical cancer at an Inner Wheel Club medical screening held in Lagos on…
Kenya: Study Shows HIV Drug Dolutegravir Better At Viral Suppression
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Reading Time: < 1 minute HIV patients with a high viral load who take a drug known as dolutegravir have greater viral suppression than those that take…