Twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS. But will it get to everyone who needs it?Gilead's twice-yearly HIV prevention shot was 100% effective in women and almost as good in men. The company will offer cheap generic versi...
01 Dec, 2024, 12.17 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
AIDS can be ended by 2030 with investments in prevention and treatment, UN saysIn 2022, an estimated 39 million people around the world were living with HIV, according to UNAIDS, the United Nations AIDS program. HIV ca...
13 Jul, 2023, 06.11 PM 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
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
Health Ministry implements HIV, AIDS ActThe act seeks to prevent and control the spread of HIV and AIDS and and creates mechanisms for redressing the complaints of persons infecte...
11 Sep, 2018, 02.37 PM IST
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.
25 Oct, 2017, 05.29 PM IST
Young HIV patients can now live a normal life with the help of new drugsA 20-year-old who began therapy in 2008 can now live up to 78 years, says a new study.
16 May, 2017, 06.44 PM IST
Bill Gates invests $140 million in HIV cureThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is providing funding for a groundbreaking new technology which could revolutionise HIV prevention.
04 Jan, 2017, 12.18 PM IST
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.
02 Aug, 2016, 06.36 PM IST
China makes HIV/AIDS prevention first lesson in Beijing collegesBeijing has incorporated HIV and AIDS prevention as the first lesson given to university students in a bid to raise awareness among them.
03 Oct, 2015, 02.24 PM IST
'Tweezer' compound can help fight HIVA compound shaped like tweezer can block HIV & break up proteins in semen that boost infection. It may lead to the development of a safe va...
18 Aug, 2015, 06.54 PM IST
Groundbreaking HIV researcher Suniti Solomon passes away at 76Suniti Solomon and her colleagues documented the first evidence of the HIV infection in India in 1986 when blood samples of six commercial ...
28 Jul, 2015, 05.53 PM IST
Anti-AIDS medicine project likely to take off at SonagachiUnder the project PrEP, regular medicine would be given to an HIV-negative sex worker engaged in sex with an HIV-positive person.
01 Jan, 2015, 02.11 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
India not promoting Tenofovir, an HIV treatment drug that can also prevent the diseaseThe recommendation opens up a new debate on the use of ARVs as a preventive drug and how it will be perceived among those who engage in uns...
26 Jul, 2014, 11.54 AM 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