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

Feb 25, 2015

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...

Scientists create smartphone that diagnoses HIV and Syphilis within 15 minutes

Charles Omedo

Feb 5, 2015

Health

Given the scenario of waiting several days to obtain HIV or syphilis test results, scientists from Columbia University had developed a smartphone accessory that diagnoses sexually transmitted diseases within 15...

Male adult movie actor tests positive for HIV, California issues alert

Charles Omedo

Dec 30, 2014

Health

A male porn actor has tested positive to HIV after having unprotected sex with other actors during the shooting of an adult film outside California. According to the California public health authority, they hav...

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...

African Ebola is Round the Corner, Just a Plane Ride Away From US

Abby Smith

Jul 29, 2014

Health

The world can no longer remain oblivious to the Ebola epidemic in Western Africa. As the number deaths surge the world remains in its ostrich like attitude thinking that it is insulated from the Ebola outbreak ...

HIV, AIDS Diagnosis increasing in Gays: CDC Report

Ally Stackhouse

Jul 20, 2014

Health

The scourge of AIDS is receding among heterosexuals, drug users and women but at the same time it is increasing in young gay and bisexual males. This fact was highlighted in the latest report by US Centers for ...

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