One of the biggest hurdles in developing an HIV vaccine is coaxing the body to produce the right kind of immune cells and antibodies. In most vaccines, HIV proteins are attached to a larger protein scaffolding that mimics ...
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More than 30 million people with HIV must take antiretroviral therapy (ART) medications daily to keep the virus under control, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The drugs are effective ...
Feb 5, 2026
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Cuts to foreign aid are already shutting down soup kitchens, limiting medicine supplies and reducing food rations in some of the world's poorest countries.
Feb 4, 2026
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Scientists at The Wistar Institute have developed an HIV vaccine candidate that achieves something never before observed in the field: inducing neutralizing antibodies against HIV after a single immunization in nonhuman primates. ...
Feb 3, 2026
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Fifteen prescription medications, including Botox and the diabetes drug Trulicity, will be the focus of federal price negotiations that could lower prices for Medicare patients.
Jan 29, 2026
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Lenacapavir (LEN) is an antiviral medication used to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS and was first approved for individuals with drug-resistant infections in 2022. While there is still no vaccine for the virus, the twice-yearly ...
Lithium, a widely used treatment for bipolar disorder and other mood disorders, has shown early promise in suppressing HIV, McGill University researchers report.
Jan 21, 2026
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After four decades of hard-won progress toward curbing the HIV epidemic, the face of the disease is changing.
Jan 21, 2026
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Although adolescents and young adults comprise only one quarter of the sexually active population in the United States, approximately half of new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are diagnosed in people of these ages.
Jan 21, 2026
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The immune system remains seriously out-of-whack—in an inflammatory state of overactivation and impaired functionality—following the international gold standard for treating people with latent tuberculosis (TB) and HIV, a ...
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