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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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…