HIV-prevention drug to cost $40 a year from 2027The two organizations have signed separate agreements with Indian pharmaceutical companies to produce cheaper generics of lenacapavir - a t...
25 Sep, 2025, 12.27 AM IST
Aurobindo to produce, supply long acting HIV treatment drugAurobindo Pharma will manufacture and supply long-acting injectable HIV treatment, cabotegravir, across 133 countries through a voluntary l...
15 Jul, 2025, 02.47 PM IST
WHO recommends Gilead's twice-yearly injection for HIV preventionThe WHO's recommendations come at a critical moment as HIV prevention efforts stagnate with 1.3 million new HIV infections occurring in 202...
15 Jul, 2025, 12.39 AM IST
A new HIV drug promises 99.9% protection. But it's making Indian health activists wary; Why?The FDA's approval of lenacapavir, a highly effective HIV prevention drug, sparks debate in India due to its high cost of ₹24 lakh, hinderi...
22 Jun, 2025, 05.15 PM IST
Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is 'stunning'The shots made by U.S. drugmaker Gilead and sold as Sunlenca are approved in the U.S., Canada, Europe and elsewhere, but only as a treatmen...
24 Jul, 2024, 08.15 PM IST
UN says nearly 40 million people had HIV in 2023 -- and every minute someone diedUN report highlights challenges in the global fight against AIDS, with 40 million living with HIV and 9 million untreated. Progress has slo...
23 Jul, 2024, 10.16 AM IST
How drugs were used to spread HIV among 800+ students in TripuraTripura is grappling with a severe HIV outbreak among its student population, exacerbated by injectable drug use. According to Tripura Stat...
09 Jul, 2024, 08.06 PM IST
HIV breakthrough: Drug trial shows injection twice a year is 100% effective against infectionThe trial tested whether the six-month injection of lenacapavir would provide better protection against HIV infection than two other drugs,...
07 Jul, 2024, 10.47 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
On World AIDS Day, South Africa finds hope in new treatmentA new drug, Cabotegravir, has been proven to be 90 per cent more effective than the daily pill known as PrEP against AIDS. Cabotegravir is ...
01 Dec, 2020, 05.10 PM IST
- Common birth control drug may up risk of HIV
Johannesburg, Jan 5 (IANS) Taking a popular injectable contraceptive drug is likely to increase the risk of developing HIV infection by 40 ...
05 Jan, 2018, 04.22 PM IST
Experimental vaccine may protect against HIVThe protein fragment of the vaccine candidate comes from gp120, a protein that covers HIV like a protective envelope.
29 Oct, 2017, 02.07 PM IST
Vaccine against HIV infection may soon be a realityScientists have developed a new approach to help the immune system actively fight the virus in the body.
21 Nov, 2016, 01.40 PM IST
People most at risk of HIV not getting required treatment, warns World Health Organisation“In many countries they are left out of national HIV plans, and discriminatory laws and policies are major barriers to access,” the WHO sai...
11 Jul, 2014, 04.22 PM IST
Two-drug combo pill to treat HIVScientists have developed a new delivery system for a combination of two HIV drugs that may serve as an effective treatment for the deadly ...
01 Sep, 2013, 01.41 PM IST
- Hazare fast: 'Fear of HIV through needle unfounded'
Ahead of Anna Hazare's fast, the AIDS Society of India has dubbed as "misinformation campaign" the threat to inject the Gandhian and his su...
25 Dec, 2011, 09.52 AM IST
- UN says 50 million women in Asia risk HIV
A new UN report estimates that 50 mn women in Asia are at risk of becoming infected with the HIV virus from their husbands or long-term par...
12 Aug, 2009, 06.44 AM IST