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
Emcure Pharmaceuticals partners with Gilead Sciences to produce HIV prevention drug LenacapavirEmcure Pharmaceuticals has partnered with Gilead Sciences Ireland UC to manufacture and distribute generic lenacapavir for HIV prevention a...
03 Oct, 2024, 10.57 AM 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
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
COVID-19 pandemic could lead to HIV surge in West & Central Africa, says UNAIDS chiefAlthough human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection rates, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related deaths have been on a st...
03 Nov, 2021, 01.34 PM IST
Head of UNAIDS unpacks the knock-on effects of COVID-19. And what needs to be doneCOVID-19 has also derailed progress against diseases that affect poor people. .
30 Sep, 2021, 12.31 PM IST
Bill Gates lauds Indian-origin scientist couple for pioneering work in fight against HIV, coronavirusThe Microsoft founder said the couple's motto has impressed him.
05 Dec, 2020, 01.00 PM IST
A child or young person newly infected with HIV every 100 seconds last year: UNICEFWarning that children are being left behind in the fight against HIV, it said that prevention efforts and treatment for children remain som...
25 Nov, 2020, 10.21 PM IST
Meet Pradipkumar Singh: The man who shed his HIV tag to become a bodybuilder championFrom fighting psychological trauma, stigma and discrimination to becoming a champion, the 45-year-old has proved nothing is impossible.
24 Aug, 2017, 07.24 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
Cipla in pact with Russian firm for HIV, Hepatitis C drugsIn 2017, the company will finalise construction and validation of the manufacturing plant together with Cipla and products will be commerci...
17 Jun, 2016, 11.41 PM IST
Developed countries need to invest more in global fight against HIV/AIDS: Health Minister JP NaddaMember States adopted a new political declaration to fast-track progress towards combating the epidemic over the next five years and eradic...
09 Jun, 2016, 09.21 PM IST
Huge success in fight against HIV, but more needs to be done: WHO officialIn the WHO South-East Asia region, as of 2013, there were around 3.4 million people living with HIV and 1.1 million of them are currently o...
30 Nov, 2014, 02.34 PM IST
US offers $5 billion to fight HIV/AIDS"The United States of America will remain the global leader in the fight against HIV and AIDS," Obama said.
03 Dec, 2013, 08.30 AM IST
- Hi-tech lab in Gurgaon to design vaccine for HIV
Gurgaon will now be home to the country’s first state-ofthe-art laboratory that will exclusively work to design an effective vaccine agains...
03 Mar, 2011, 12.21 PM IST
- Mukesh Ambani-led RIL along with UN to launch partnership to fight HIV
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries along with United Nations will be launching an innovative partnership to fight against HIV/AIDS in In...
26 May, 2008, 08.21 PM IST
- AIDS patients may not face discrimination in govt offices
Maharashtra has come out with a pioneering policy to ensure that state government employees who have tested HIV positive or have been diagn...
28 Nov, 2006, 03.26 AM IST