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The harms of substance use

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, October 01, 2024

Injecting opioids and stimulants carries a risk of spreading blood-borne viruses such as HIV, Hepatitis C, and Hepatitis B. They are also a ...

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Yale researchers explain recent mpox global health emergency

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, September 13, 2024

This past August, the World Health Organization declared a new outbreak of mpox a global health emergency. The News talked to infectious ... View article...

CUA biology professor awarded $5 million government grant to find HIV cure

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, September 25, 2024

... awarded a multi-year $5 million research grant by the federal government to help his stem cell research that could find a cure for HIV . View article...

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...

Minister for concerted initiatives to guard adolescents against HIV/Aids

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, September 12, 2024

The 2022/2023 Tanzania HIV /Aids and Malaria indicator survey shows that Mbeya Region ranks third nationally with high HIV infection rate of 9.6 ... View article...

WHO approves 1st mpox vaccine

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, September 19, 2024

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the first vaccine against the Mpox virus (formerly known as monkeypox ). The vaccine, named MVA-BN ... View article...

How Ukrainians With HIV Are Surviving After 2.5 Years of War

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Before we lobbied for these changes, patients with HIV could receive their medications only via government-run AIDS clinics. We also helped establish ... View article...

Cabinet approves National HIV Strategy 2024-2027

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, September 12, 2024

The strategy will focuses on accelerating public health, treatment, care, human rights, and social justice for HIV and drug use. The objectives will ... View article...

NSW records largest mpox outbreak and urges vaccination due to rising hospitalisations

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, October 04, 2024

New South Wales is urging those at risk of contracting mpox to get vaccinated as the state records its largest outbreak, which the top health official has described as “very concerning”. 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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NSW records largest mpox outbreak and urges vaccination due to rising hospitalisations

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, October 04, 2024

New South Wales is urging those at risk of contracting mpox to get vaccinated as the state records its largest outbreak, which the top health official has described as “very concerning”. View article...

Rwanda to start Marburg vaccine trials, health official says

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, October 04, 2024

The current mpox outbreak “can be controlled and can be stopped”, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) emphasised on Friday ... View article...

Gilead Sciences' SWOT analysis: HIV leader faces oncology hurdles, seeks liver disease growth

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, October 01, 2024

HIV Franchise Remains Core Strength. Gilead's HIV business continues to be the cornerstone of its success. The company's flagship drug, Biktarvy, ... View article...

NHS Tayside falsely claimed it deleted Dundee HIV patient's historic medical records

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, October 01, 2024

But the HIV patient disputed this given their own long wait and the health board's contradictory U-turn on destroying old records. “It's not a one ... View article...

Alcohol Consumption Fuels HIV Spread in Uganda

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, October 01, 2024

In Uganda, the national HIV prevalence is currently 5.1% with alcohol consumption significantly contributing to this public health crisis. View article...

Solitary Cerebellar Toxoplasmosis as the First Presentation of HIV Infection

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, October 01, 2024

Toxoplasmosis is the most common space-occupying lesion in HIV -infected patients that typically presents as a space-occupying lesion in the ... View article...

Rise in HIV diagnoses shows need for 10-year sexual health strategy – LGA on new HIV figures

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, October 03, 2024

While it is good more people are getting tested for HIV , these figures show significant challenges remain in reducing HIV infections, ... View article...

US's $100 Billion HIV Program Commits to African Manufacturing

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, October 03, 2024

Two-thirds of those infected with HIV globally, which kills more than 600,000 people a year, are in Africa. South Africa has medicine and vaccine ... View article...

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