HIV & AIDS
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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News tagged with infection prevention
Oncology & Cancer
Five ways research can prevent cancer
We recently published landmark research showing how lifestyle can influence our risk of cancer, and what factors could help prevent it. We found that around 4 in 10 cancer cases could be prevented by things like not smoking, ...
Apr 9, 2018
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HIV & AIDS
Peer influence, better HIV counseling could encourage boys in Africa to be circumcised
With research showing that male circumcision reduces the odds of getting HIV through heterosexual sex by 60 percent, more boys and young men—primarily those between the ages of 10 and 19—are having the procedure done, ...
Apr 3, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study sheds new light on why the effectiveness of a popular HIV prevention method varies in women
Why do some women get HIV infection, even though they are using tenofovir gel for prophylaxis?
Mar 1, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Identifying high STI prevalence populations in sub-Saharan Africa
Prevalence of curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs)- chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and trichomoniasis—among women aged 15 to 24 exceeds that of older women and similar-aged men in sub-Saharan Africa, according ...
Feb 27, 2018
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HIV & AIDS
Antibodies show effectiveness for HIV prevention and promise for treatment and cure
The ability of HIV to mutate has been a major challenge to vaccine development. As the body produces antibodies to target the outer HIV envelope protein, this protein changes, thwarting the circulating antibodies' ability ...
Jan 17, 2018
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HIV & AIDS
Study suggests many gay and bisexual men are skeptical, but attitudes are on the rise
Dr. Jonathon Rendina, an Assistant Professor at Hunter College and Director of Quantitative Methods at Hunter's Center for HIV Educational Studies & Training, and Dr. Jeffrey Parsons, Distinguished Professor at Hunter and ...
Jan 11, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New expert guidance on contact precautions for drug-resistant infections
New expert guidance released today by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America advises hospitals on determining when they can safely discontinue contact precautions for patients with multi-drug resistant bacteria. ...
Jan 11, 2018
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HIV & AIDS
Kenya's HIV progress report—good progress, but also big gaps
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has clear markers on the road to controlling the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. By 2020, about nine out of every ten people should know their HIV status. Nine out of ten HIV positive people ...
Dec 28, 2017
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HIV & AIDS
Team develops more accurate tool to track new HIV infections
Researchers at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute have led an effort to develop a more accurate way to gauge the incidence of HIV infections in large populations, which will improve research and prevention strategies worldwide.
Dec 21, 2017
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