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

South Africa 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, ...

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Another step towards a cure: Vitamin A transporter reactivates latent HIV

South Africa Time — Friday, October 10, 2025

Human immunodeficiency viruses ( HIV ) are insidious. They can evade the immune defence and antiviral drugs by becoming "latent". View article...

Mental health challenges and HIV status disclosure among children and adolescents living ...

South Africa Time — Friday, October 10, 2025

Worldwide the prevalence of children and adolescents on antiretroviral therapy is increasing with the advancement in pediatric HIV care. View article...

Living With HIV Affects Mpox Vaccine Efficacy

South Africa Time — Friday, October 10, 2025

For people living with HIV , however, a single dose of the vaccine fails to offer sufficient protection. All at-risk groups, and people with HIV in ... View article...

Sichuan reports first case of HIV-2 infection

South Africa Time — Monday, October 20, 2025

Sichuan has confirmed its first-ever case of HIV -2 infection, a rare strain of the virus seldom seen in China, health authorities reported after a ... View article...

Turning HIV's power against itself may help target hidden virus — another step towards a cure

South Africa Time — Monday, October 06, 2025

Researchers used selected molecules to make human cells less tolerant of damage, so that reactivating hidden HIV becomes a clear trigger for cell ... View article...

Merck's Investigational Drug Could Bring a Once-Monthly Oral Option for HIV PrEP

South Africa Time — Tuesday, October 14, 2025

... HIV drugs currently under investigation. The drugmaker also is researching the other novel drug in this class, islatravir, which is undergoing ... View article...

The 'alarming' new trend causing sharp rise in HIV cases

South Africa Time — Friday, October 10, 2025

This cheap method has become prevalent among drug users in poverty-stricken areas of Africa, including South Africa and Tanzania, and ... View article...

Lambeth offers easier access to HIV prevention medication with digital PrEP Service

South Africa Time — Monday, October 06, 2025

... HIV prevention medication. When taken correctly, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can reduce the risk of getting HIV from sex by 99 percent. View article...

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Thousands with undiagnosed hepatitis and HIV found in A&E testing

South Africa Time — Wednesday, October 29, 2025

The rollout of blood-borne virus testing in NHS emergency departments has been a gamechanger for the early detection of HIV and viral hepatitis – ... View article...

Factors that could increase HIV risk

South Africa Time — Wednesday, October 29, 2025

HIV transmission is well known, but some lesser known lifestyle and health factors can also increase susceptibility. Being aware of these can help ... View article...

Integral HIV Protein Structure Paves the Way for New Therapeutics

South Africa Time — Thursday, October 30, 2025

HIV is a lifelong infection that, without proper antiviral treatment, will kill cells of the immune system and leave individuals susceptible to ... View article...

HIV infection rate high in women

South Africa Time — Thursday, October 30, 2025

“We need to ask, why 20 per cent of infected people even though they know their HIV status and also the availability of Antiretroviral Therapy ... View article...

Researchers identify perineural pathway that fuels HIV persistence despite treatment

South Africa Time — Thursday, October 30, 2025

Groundbreaking study reveals how infected immune cells travel from the brain through the body, potentially reseeding HIV and sustaining ... View article...

Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in HIV/AIDS: Who Fired the First Shot, the Virus or Its ...

South Africa Time — Wednesday, October 29, 2025

... ( HIV /AIDS) and associated opportunistic infections frequently considered in the differential diagnosis. We report the case of a 20-year-old ... View article...

Human immunodeficiency virus and antiretroviral therapies exert distinct influences across ...

South Africa Time — Thursday, October 30, 2025

Human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ) infection alters gut microbiota composition and function, but the impact of geography and antiretroviral ... View article...

HIV Clinicians Reveal High Rates of Service Disruptions Nationwide

South Africa Time — Wednesday, October 29, 2025

70% of surveyed HIV specialists reported disruptions, mostly to gender-affirming care, housing services, PrEP access and mental health care. View article...

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