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Long acting HIV drugs could replace daily pill regimen

Aug 27, 2018

Long-acting HIV injections may relieve patients of the need for a lifelong regimen of daily pills, according to a press release from ViiV Healthcare, described in a Science report. Daily pills are necessary ...

First human trials for HIV vaccine to start next year

West Side Story

Jun 13, 2018

Health, Innovation, Science

Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) are getting ready to begin the first ever human trial for an HIV vaccine - one that has already shown promise in mice, guinea pig...

Austin faces HIV epidemic intravenous drug usage culprit

Austin faces HIV AIDS epidemic – intravenous drug usage culprit

Cody Gash

Mar 27, 2015

Health

Austin, Indiana - In recent developments, a widespread panic seems to have gripped Austin, Indiana as the number of HIV infected patients witness a sudden surge. From 26 cases recorded in the beginning of March...

New York fights in tandem and togetherness against rising AIDS cases

Cody Gash

Feb 28, 2015

Health

Residents of New York City are seeing a noteworthy increase in Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV infection. The infected individuals, who have been diagnosed and are being cared for, are witnessing steady plu...

Study shows new HIV drug cuts AIDS infection in gay men by 86%

Cody Gash

Feb 25, 2015

Health

A study carried on Truvada an antiretroviral drug developed by Gilead has found out that the drug can be used as an effective way of shielding men who have sex with each other from HIV. A study carried out by t...

Study shows mutated HIV speeds up development of AIDS to three years

Cody Gash

Feb 15, 2015

Health

A recent research has found that a strain of HIV has become epidemic among patients in Cuba. The strain of the virus is known to result in AIDS in carriers within a time frame of three years if it left untreate...

HIV evolving into milder form and causing AIDS at a slower rate, says study

Amanda

Dec 2, 2014

Health

The findings of a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on Monday suggest that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is now not as deadly and as infectious a...

HIV patient shares personal insight for an AIDS-free generation

Charles Omedo

Dec 1, 2014

Health

Stephanie Deyo was diagnosed of HIV/AIDS in 1994 when she was only 26, and she went on to give birth to a pretty daughter that was never infected with the deadly virus – and this was a time when pregnant women ...

HIV/AIDS among children decline by 40%, 1.1 million new cases prevented

Charles Omedo

Nov 29, 2014

Health

The United Nations International Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) has released a report that shows that the fight over HIV/AIDS among children is being won by the day; the agency reports that the incidence of...

CDC says 7 out of 10 HIV-infected Americans neglect to take prescribed medications

Charles Omedo

Nov 26, 2014

Health

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a report to indicate that only 30% of people infected with HIV/AIDS take their anti-retro-viral drugs regularly, and this results to only 3 o...

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