HIV & AIDS
'Smart' segmented ring device delivers medications to stop HIV transmission
Researchers have designed a device that delivers two medications that help stop HIV transmission.
Jun 17, 2021
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Team develops new way to fight HIV transmission
Scientists at the University of Waterloo have developed a new tool to protect women from HIV infection.
Apr 16, 2018
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Many practitioners are not prescribing HIV prevention medication, study finds
Only about 54% of medical practitioners surveyed say they have prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, to HIV-vulnerable patients, according to a new study by a Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigator.
Sep 17, 2020
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Common medicine can stop the transmission of HIV infection from mother to child
Antiviral drugs almost completely reduce the risk of mothers passing on HIV infection to their children, even in a low-income country with a high HIV incidence such as Tanzania, according to a new study in The Lancet HIV ...
Dec 7, 2022
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Pill taken before, after sex may prevent HIV, study finds
An HIV prevention pill taken by gay men before and after sex reduced the risk of virus transmission by 86 percent, according to the results of a clinical trial released Tuesday.
Feb 24, 2015
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PrEP could make US easily hit its 2020 HIV prevention goal, study finds
If just a quarter of men who have same-sex intercourse and are at a high risk for HIV used daily preventive medicine, three out of every 10 HIV infections could be averted, according to a new Drexel University study.
Dec 13, 2017
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First large study to find HIV epidemic among gays in the Middle East
HIV epidemics are emerging in several countries in the Middle East and North Africa among men who have sex with men, a term that encompasses gay, non-gay identified homosexual men, and transgendered and bisexual men.
Aug 3, 2011
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People on ART with low levels of HIV viral load found to have almost zero risk of sexually transmitting the virus
People living with HIV who maintain low—but still detectible—levels of the virus and adhere to their antiretroviral regimen have almost zero risk of transmitting it to their sexual partners, according to an analysis published ...
Jul 29, 2023
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Aspirin could reduce HIV infections in women
With nearly two million new infections and one million associated deaths each year, the HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) pandemic is alive and well. Thirty-seven million people are now living with HIV, more than half of ...
Nov 19, 2018
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HIV vaccines should avoid viral target cells, primate model study suggests
Vaccines designed to protect against HIV can backfire and lead to increased rates of infection. This unfortunate effect has been seen in more than one vaccine clinical trial.
Jan 2, 2015
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