HIV

Life-saving HIV medicine secured for thousands of Ukrainians

Aid organisations will deliver a 12-month supply of life-saving antiretroviral medication to all HIV-positive patients living in Ukraine, it was announced on Wednesday. It follows reports that vital services and…

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First woman reported cured of HIV after stem cell transplant

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant…

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Gilead says counterfeit versions of its HIV drugs ended up with patients

Gilead Sciences Inc said an unauthorized network of drug distributors and suppliers sold pharmacies more than $250 million of counterfeit versions of its HIV treatments over the last two years,…

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British armed forces to allow people with HIV to enlist

LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Britain plans to allow people who have tested positive for HIV to join the armed forces if they no longer carry a detectable amount of…

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HIV transmission could be eradicated in England by 2030

England is on course to have eradicated HIV in homosexual men by 2030, according to a new study from the University of Cambridge. Data shows that the annual number of…

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HIV treatment has no benefit for hospitalised COVID-19 patients – study

A combination of antiviral drugs usually used to treat HIV has no beneficial effect in patients hospitalised with COVID-19, a peer-reviewed study said on Monday, confirming the initial results of…

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WHO: access to HIV medicines severely impacted by COVID-19 as AIDS response stalls

Seventy-three countries have warned that they are at risk of stock-outs of antiretroviral (ARV) medicines as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new WHO survey conducted ahead…

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WHO discontinues Malaria and HIV testing on covid as it fails to reduce mortality

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that it was discontinuing its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 after…

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HIV treatment found to have no benefit for hospitalised COVID-19 patients in trial

A combination of antiviral drugs used to treat HIV had no beneficial effect in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in a large-scale randomised trial, British scientists said on Monday. Scientists running…

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For second time in history, HIV patient has been cured

For the second time in history, a patient suffering from HIV, the AIDS-causing virus, has been cured of the infection, doctors said Tuesday. In a study published in medical journal…

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HIV in the UK: A new report by Public Health England shows transmission have continued to fall

A new report shows that thanks to increases in HIV testing, fewer people remain unaware of their HIV status. The drop in HIV transmission has been especially large among gay,…

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Health systems unprepared for ageing population living with HIV

Global health systems are unprepared to meet the needs of an ageing population living with HIV, experts have warned. While people with the virus are living longer due to the…

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HIV-Related Deaths on the Rise in Russia

More people have died from HIV-related causes in Russia last year than in 2017 as the country grapples with a rise in infections, according to Health Ministry data cited by…

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Study manages to completely remove HIV from mice

There is some optimism a cure for HIV might be in the pipeline after scientists in the US were able to completely remove HIV from a living animal using gene…

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In a world first… kidney transplanted from one HIV-positive patient to another

For the first time ever US doctors at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland, have transplanted a kidney from one HIV-positive patient to another. Both patients are now reported to be…

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Man in Britain becomes second known adult to be cleared of AIDS virus

A man in Britain has become the second known adult worldwide to be cleared of the virus after he received a bone marrow transplant from an HIV-resistant donor, his doctors…

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