The child known as the "Mississippi baby"—an infant seemingly cured of HIV that was reported as a case study of a prolonged remission of HIV infection in The New England Journal of Medicine last fall—now has detectable ...
Jul 10, 2014
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The global HIV epidemic has been unprecedented, both in its extent and in the way it has changed the world's approach to health funding.
Jul 4, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—In a Canadian research collaboration, clinicians and scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center ...
Jun 26, 2014
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To maximize HIV prevention efforts in South Africa and perhaps the broader region, public health officials should consider testing for other sexually transmitted infections when they test for HIV, according to a new paper ...
May 28, 2014
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At the end of 2011, an estimated 34 million people worldwide were living with HIV/AIDS. In Alberta, the total was 1,532. Thanks to scientific improvements in antiretroviral therapy, many of these Albertans are living long ...
Apr 11, 2014
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The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) reassessed the antiviral drug combination rilpivirine/emtricitabine/tenofovir. In early 2012, the combination was approved for the treatment of adults ...
Apr 7, 2014
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Treating inmates for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) while they were incarcerated in Connecticut helped a majority of them achieve viral suppression by the time they were released.
Mar 31, 2014
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A computer model has created the most effective formula for reducing the spread of HIV among drug users in New York City over the next 25 years. Developed by scientists at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health ...
Mar 4, 2014
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A series of papers in the March issue of Health Affairs examines how the Affordable Care Act could affect two sectors of the most vulnerable Americans—those living with HIV/AIDS and people who have recently cycled through ...
Mar 3, 2014
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The U.N. Children's Fund says it is alarmed about increasing HIV and AIDS rates among adolescents over the last seven years and is advocating an aggressive program that includes condom distribution and antiretroviral treatment.
Nov 29, 2013
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