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Food insecurity is associated with lower levels of antiretroviral drug concentrations in hair among a ...

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, September 18, 2020

... from 2013 through 2015 from the Women's Interagency HIV Study, a multisite, prospective, cohort study of WLHIV and controls not living with HIV.

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Top stories of the last 30 days

Woman's Body Rids Itself of HIV, 2nd Recorded Case in the World

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, November 23, 2021

HIV-2 is a less infectious strain of the virus. 68% of South Africans who have HIV used ARV (antiretroviral treatment). Enjoy reading our stories? View article...

A new article from a series of storytelling materials to raise awareness on discrimination ...

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, November 16, 2021

A new storytelling article tackling hate speech and discrimination against persons with HIV in the Republic of Moldova is now available online. View article...

Liberia Records Low HIV Infection Rate

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, November 18, 2021

In mid 2000, Liberia reached the peak in terms of people infected with HIV/AIDS. At that period, there was no treatment for the virus which caused ... View article...

Gilead sues Lupin over proposed generic of Symtuza HIV drug

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Gilead Sciences Inc has said an Indian generic drugmaker's proposed version of the HIV drug Symtuza infringes its patents, in a lawsuit in ... View article...

A New Vaccine Kills HIV in Monkeys. And It's Coming to Humans in 5 Years

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, November 12, 2021

A team of researchers in Japan has developed a vaccine that was able to destroy a strain of human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ) in macaques. View article...

Research team develops vaccine that kills HIV in monkeys

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, November 10, 2021

A new vaccine technology that eliminated the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in test monkeys has raised hopes for an end to the AIDS pandemic, ... View article...

Elizabeth Holmes Theranos trial: Fears about HIV test prompted laboratory shutdown

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, November 12, 2021

Elizabeth Holmes supported the closure in effect of one laboratory amid concern over HIV test results at Theranos, the start-up she founded, ... View article...

Vulnerable HIV patient inside detention centre where Covid is rife 'left without life-saving ...

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, November 09, 2021

The British HIV Association, warned the Home Office that denying his treatment is a breach of his human rights. View article...

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Top stories of the last 7 days

Empowering women and girls crucial to HIV fight

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, December 03, 2021

Yet despite this fact, HIV deaths remain high in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the region accounting for more than half of infections in the world,” ... View article...

Four decades since AIDS epidemic began, but still no vaccine

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, December 02, 2021

Covid vaccines began to show promise just months after the novel coronavirus started spreading across the globe. So why have decades of HIV/AIDS ... View article...

How drug-releasing vaginal ring can help

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, December 02, 2021

Women bear a disproportionate burden of the human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS) epidemic across the world. View article...

Is the world closer to an HIV vaccine in the face of Covid-19?

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, December 02, 2021

Dr. Anthony Fauci said in a recent op-ed that it was “likely” that an HIV vaccine could build upon the pioneering technology of mRNA coronavirus ... View article...

HIV/AIDS services must remain crucial during the COVID-19 outbreak

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, December 02, 2021

In the early 2000s, there were about 80,000 annual deaths due to HIV. With the interventions of the Uganda HIV Commission set up in 1992 and its ... View article...

African scientists should lead in developing an Aids jab for Africa

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, November 30, 2021

For many years, the HIV vaccine clinical trials in Africa were almost unanimously led by researchers outside Africa. View article...

How Long To An HIV Cure? As GSK Therapy Heads For Human Trials, Where ...

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, December 01, 2021

It's been close to four decades since HIV infection was first diagnosed by medical science. Yet, no cure or vaccinations exist for it so far even ... View article...

More tracking of HIV drug resistance vital

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, December 03, 2021

In surveys conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa, pre-treatment drug-resistant HIV was observed in about half of infants newly diagnosed with HIV and ... View article...

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