Assam HIV crisis: Injecting drug users drive over 60% of cases, awareness campaigns intensifyInjecting drug use is a major concern in Assam, driving over 60 percent of HIV cases. The Assam State AIDS Control Society is working to in...
01 Dec, 2025, 10.27 PM IST
UK PM Keir Starmer becomes first serving PM to take public HIV testUK Prime Minister Keir Starmer became the first serving UK Prime Minister and G7 leader to publicly take an HIV test, marking National HIV ...
11 Feb, 2025, 07.16 AM IST
HIV is back; there has been a 30% surge in 2 years; is it that fatal now?New HIV has been diagnosed among heterosexual men and women in England, which has surged over 30 per cent in the last two years. According ...
03 Oct, 2024, 10.27 PM IST
New HIV cases down by 44% since 2010: Anupriya PatelNew annual HIV infections in India have decreased by 44 per cent since 2010, surpassing the global reduction rate of 39 per cent. Union Min...
25 Sep, 2024, 04.37 PM IST
Tripura govt issues clarification on 'misleading' reports of HIV cases in stateThe clarification came days after a senior official of the Tripura State AIDS Control Society (TSACS) said as many as forty-seven students ...
10 Jul, 2024, 01.05 PM IST
Tripura: 47 students died of HIV infection, 828 tested positiveA senior official from the Tripura State AIDS Control Society (TSACS) reported that 47 students have died from HIV in Tripura, and 828 have...
06 Jul, 2024, 07.07 AM IST
Elton John honoured by British Parliament for his work towards HIV preventionSpeaking at the event held in the Speaker's House of Parliament, John, who established the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992, was acknowle...
30 Nov, 2023, 08.47 AM IST
HIV infections on the rise in the state: Assam State AIDS Control SocietyASACS added although sexual transmission has always been a main route of HIV transmission in the state, it has been observed that sharing o...
19 Jul, 2023, 08.26 PM IST
How India can 'PrEP' better for fight against HIVIndia experienced a surge of HIV cases in the 1990s and early 2000s. According to the National Social Marketing Centre (NSMC), during 2001-...
01 Oct, 2021, 11.47 PM IST
46 become HIV infected as UP quack uses common syringeChief medical officer Dr SP Chaudhary said the matter came to light after the health department launched a probe following reports of "high...
06 Feb, 2018, 07.14 PM IST
- Assam, Tripura records increase in new HIV cases
Assam and Tripura are among the North Eastern states that recorded the highest rate of annual increase in HIV cases, according to the Assam...
30 Nov, 2015, 06.55 PM IST
Online hookup sites may increase HIV rates: StudyOnline hookup sites have made it easier for people to have casual sex - and also easier to transmit sexually transmitted diseases, research...
02 Jun, 2015, 06.34 PM IST
Four states in south India make up 50% of HIV casesTamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka account for 3.6 lakh HIV cases, about 50% of the patients in the country.
01 Dec, 2014, 11.35 AM IST
Every village in Goa has HIV patient: Health Minister Laxmikant ParsekarGoa does not have a single village unaffected with HIV, state Health Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said today.
11 Aug, 2014, 01.48 PM IST
- HIV/AIDS testing services to be set up at major sea ports
Government plans to set up counselling and testing services for HIV/AIDS at major sea ports for the prevention and management of the diseas...
22 Mar, 2013, 08.28 PM IST
- Government project prevents 1 lakh fresh HIV cases in five years
About 100, 000 fresh HIV cases among the general population were averted in India in five years by targeting the most vulnerable section.
11 Oct, 2011, 09.31 AM IST
- HIV Patients are spared from Dementia
HIV patients are said to live a better life compared to their US counterparts.
25 Jan, 2008, 07.01 PM IST