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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 ...
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...
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,...
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. .
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.
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 ...
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...
South African Indian-origin couple wins top US award for AIDS researchSalim Abdool Karim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim received the award from the Institute for Human Virology (IHV) in US.
New drug may prevent HIV transmission in women, kidsUp to 45 per cent of HIV-infected mothers will transmit the virus to their child, usually through breastfeeding, researchers said.
World AIDS Day: Major signs and early symptoms of HIV infectionThe early signs of HIV may show after a month or may appear after 10 years. Here are some of the major signs experienced by infected patien...
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...
- PM wants NREGS facility extended to HIV+ people
On Monday, Dr Manmohan Singh officially called for linking the country's HIV programmes and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gu...
- New test identifies infants’ HIV status early
A simple blood test is now helping India identify the status of children born to HIV positive mothers as early as six weeks after their bir...
- 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...
- India to develop microbicides at earliest: Ramadoss
India on Sunday said developing microbicides was on the top of its priority list and they will be developed in the earliest possible time t...
- HIV women forced into sex for treatment in India: report
HIV-positive women in the northern Indian state of Punjab were forced by technicians at a medical institute to have sex in return for tests...
- Govt to reduce mother to child HIV transmission by 2011
With a whopping number of over 23,000 children getting HIV from their mothers every year, the government has planned several steps to drast...