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Fiji : Ministry of Education warns against fake news on school closures due to mpox

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, September 19, 2024

with 35 new cases supposedly reported. The Ministry of Education advises the public that this information is completely false. There ...

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Youths 'can lead fight against HIV/AIDS, gender based violence'

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, September 03, 2024

The camp included education on sexual and reproductive health, health literacy, HIV , and malaria testing, etc. Adeoye noted the importance of young ... View article...

HIV: how close are we to a vaccine — or a cure?

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, September 04, 2024

HIV : how close are we to a vaccine — or a cure? Stem-cell transplants have freed seven people of the virus, but researchers say most long-term ... View article...

Nigel Klein: paediatric infectious diseases expert who correctly hypothesised that children ...

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, September 04, 2024

... with the HIV epidemic. In the late 1990s Klein showed that a baby's developing immune system works in their favour: if you give a baby with HIV ... View article...

Prof Agot: face HIV war impact male circumcision on scourge

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, September 04, 2024

Professor Kawango Agot who died will fondly be remembered as epitome of research in HIV prevention and public health, areas which she devoted most ... View article...

UN raises alarm over rising mpox cases in Africa

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, September 05, 2024

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Tuesday that around 367 cases of monkeypox ... View article...

Group empowers adolescents to combat HIV, gender-based violence, reaches 450000 Nigerians

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, September 03, 2024

The Youth Development and Empowerment Initiative (YEDI) has called on young people to take the lead in the fight against HIV /AIDS and Gender-Based ... View article...

Parts of Australia are 'virtually eliminating' HIV

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, September 05, 2024

HIV numbers have continued a downward trend and experts say we're closing in on 'virtual elimination of the virus'. View article...

Mpox is detected in an Iowa prison. Here's what you need to know

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, September 04, 2024

Mpox is a part of the same virus family that causes smallpox, according to the CDC. Discovered in 1958, the virus ... View article...

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The World Health Organization has declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years

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The Hidden Link Connecting Mpox, COVID-19, HIV/AIDS

South Africa Standard Time — Monday, September 16, 2024

Even now, four decades after the virus was identified, only 36% of the 1.2 million Americans at high risk for HIV take PrEP (Pre-Exposure ... View article...

Type 2 Diabetes Drug Metformin May Also Help People with HIV

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, September 18, 2024

They note that these effects could be used to boost the effects of antiretrovirals . This is significant because antiretroviral therapy can reduce the ... View article...

PrEP: Options for preventing your risk of contracting HIV

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Human Immunodeficiency Virus ( HIV ) is a serious virus transmitted through bodily fluids, such as blood and semen. Highly effective medications are ... View article...

A Fast-Growing Threat to the Fight Against HIV, TB and Malaria

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, September 17, 2024

People with HIV , TB and malaria are particularly vulnerable to infections that are increasingly resistant to treatment. The Global Fund partnership ... View article...

Malaysia reports new mpox case of less severe variant

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Caused by the mpox virus, the disease is usually mild but can kill, with children, pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems ... View article...

CDC Invests $400 Million to Accelerate HIV Prevention and Surveillance Efforts Nationwide

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, September 18, 2024

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $400 million in funding to boost HIV prevention and surveillance efforts across ... View article...

Sick Kids spinout Radiant developing 'supercharged' antibody drugs to target HIV, complex cancers

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, September 17, 2024

A spinout from Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children that aims to treat cancer, HIV and other complex diseases with a new type of supercharged, ... View article...

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