Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from HIV

Finding proof for an axiom - that nutrition aids in health care recoveries

Nutrition essential for body to recuperate; RATIONS trial by Anurag Bhargava et al studies effect of food basket & micronutrients on TB recovery. Sub-optimal diet a risk factor for non-communicable diseases; food as formal part of patient care & treatment being experimented. WFP initiated nutrition supplements & counselling for PLHIV…

The Hindu

Trump launched an ambitious effort to end HIV. House Republicans want to defund it

Republicans in Congress back substantial cuts to the budget of the CDC, taking aim at one of former President Donald Trump's major health programs: a push to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S.

WEKU

‘We need to act on the scale we did for HIV’: South Africa struggles to avert a diabetes ‘car crash’

The disease kills more women in the country than any other, but lack of funding and awareness means few get support, and a fast-food culture only adds to the problem

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

'Motherhood is hard': young, HIV-positive mums in South Africa open up about regret and anger

For any woman, pregnancy and giving birth are major life-changing experiences. Becoming a mother brings with it a range of emotions and, in many African cultures, positive emotions are centred when talking about motherhood.

The Conversation

Nigerians with HIV are stigmatised: study shows support from family and friends is crucial to well-being

Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the regions most affected by HIV. In Nigeria alone, an estimated 1.8 million people are living with the virus.

The Conversation

The door to door service that is changing the diagnosis for Malawians

In a country where many live far from clinics, a home-visit scheme has been a breakthrough in treating illnesses such as diabetes and spotting cancers

The Guardian - UK

EastEnders HIV storyline coincides with new research into lack of awareness about the virus

The Terrence Higgins Trust revealed that just 36 per cent of people in the UK know the facts about HIV transmission

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Rapid survey highlights lack of access to free medicines in government hospitals

Patients visiting govt. hospitals in Karnataka spending avg. ₹433 per visit on medicines, found SAAK survey. Govt. urged to implement free access to medicines, strengthen public health system, provide nutritional support to HIV/TB patients & end privatisation of health care.

The Hindu

Study suggests how HIV drug formulation help improve treatment results for children worldwide

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have helped confirm the dose, safety, and efficacy of a drug formulation designed to treat children infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Filling Fauci's shoes: Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo is HIV expert and a lot of fun at parties

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will lead NIH's infectious diseases institute. Colleagues say she has a wide breadth of knowledge and a joyful demeanor.

WEKU

Why are fewer Americans using condoms?

Against a backdrop of rising STI cases and decreasing reproductive rights, condom use has recklessly fallen

Salon

Studies shows new HIV drug formulation may help improve treatment outcomes for children worldwide

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have contributed to the confirmation of the dose, safety, and efficacy of a medication formulation intended to treat children infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Global AIDS program targeted in abortion battle gets new home in State Department bureau

The State Department has launched a new bureau aimed at making the battle against global outbreaks a lasting priority of U.S. foreign policy

The Independent UK

Mysterious case of the 'Geneva patient,' the latest person in long-term remission from HIV, raises questions

A man entered long-term remission from HIV after a stem cell transplant, but unlike in previous, similar cases, the patient's transplant donor did not carry an HIV-resistant gene variant.

LiveScience

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Sinead O’Connor used her fame ‘to break down stigma’

Women’s and HIV groups pay tribute to a ‘proud ally’ who ‘challenged’ Ireland.

The Hindu

Acute shortage of HIV testing kits in Karnataka hits patients hard

Karnataka facing HIV test kit shortage; KSAPS procuring 3 lakh kits & expecting 6 lakh from NACO in 1 week. Counsellors report patients angry & unable to trace if tested positive. DCs, CEOs, KSAPS, NHM & ARS asked to procure kits locally using funds.

The Independent UK

Relatives of infected blood victims demand full compensation in letter to No 10

Campaigners handed a letter to Downing Street on Monday calling for redress.

LiveScience

People on HIV meds have 'almost zero' chance of spreading virus via sex once levels are low

A review of data from thousands of people in 25 countries finds that people taking HIV medicine have "almost zero risk" of spreading the virus via sex once their levels are low.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Auckland shooting hours before Women’s World Cup opener; Kathryn Campbell suspended; and HIV rates in Australia fall

Match between New Zealand and Norway to proceed after city rocked by shooting standoff

Radio France Internationale

World still has the chance to end Aids pandemic by 2030, says UN

The United Nations says "the end of Aids" is still possible by 2030, but only if leaders grasp the opportunity to halt the world's deadliest pandemic.

The Times of India

HIV infection alarming in Tripura; admin mulls amendment in rules for mass testing

AGARTALA: Tripura administration rocked with the growing incidences of HIV infection through injecting drug use mostly among teenagers mulls to seek amendment in the provision of mandatory consent for testing HIV to go for an intensive diagnosis.

Tribune News Service

Another case of HIV linked to vampire facial offered at New Mexico medical spa

Former clients of a medical spa in New Mexico have been urged to to get tested for blood-borne infections after another case of the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, was linked to a vampire facial treatment offered at the now-shuttered business.

Liverpool Echo

First person to be named in UK to die from AIDS-related illness remembered on anniversary

Terry Higgins inspired the UK's best-known HIV charity

The Hindu

Karnataka has the third highest number of TB-HIV co-infection cases in India

The prevalence of HIV positivity among Tuberculosis (TB) patients in Karnataka is the third highest in the country after Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, according to data from National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) outlined in the India TB Report 2023.

The Guardian - UK

‘Gay life is better now. Absolutely’: five generations on coming out and what came next

From a student in the 60s for whom sex was illegal to a recent arrival on the gay scene, four men and a non-binary queer person on how their lives – and sex lives – have changed

1 … 27 28 29 30

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Terrence Higgins Trust

59 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.