HIV has no borders, but its treatment does—why this needs to change
Panashe is a 26-year-old Zimbabwean woman living with HIV. She works in a restaurant on the western peripheries of Johannesburg.
Dec 20, 2016
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Panashe is a 26-year-old Zimbabwean woman living with HIV. She works in a restaurant on the western peripheries of Johannesburg.
Dec 20, 2016
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National surveys in Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia reveal exceptional progress against HIV, with decreasing rates of new infection, stable numbers of people living with HIV, and more than half of all those living with HIV showing ...
Dec 1, 2016
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The world's most dangerous infectious disease epidemic of the modern era is reviving, but are we prepared in New Zealand?
Dec 1, 2016
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The number of HIV-infected people taking anti-retroviral medicine has doubled in just five years, the UN said Monday, while highlighting high infection rates among young African women.
Nov 21, 2016
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There is compelling evidence that treatment greatly reduces HIV transmission but prevention of the disease remains complex, the latest report by UNSW's Centre for Social Research in Health shows.
Nov 15, 2016
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While successful treatment of HIV with antiretroviral medications leads to undetectable levels of virus in the blood, controls the disease and leads to much longer lifespans, scientists know that HIV continues to reside in ...
Oct 20, 2016
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An international study coordinated by Spanish research institutes has found that gut bacteria play a role in the immune recovery of HIV patients. Researchers from the University of Valencia (UV) have taken part in a study ...
Sep 6, 2016
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(HealthDay)—The U.S. prescription drug abuse epidemic has increased the risk of HIV outbreaks in rural and suburban communities, where up to now the virus has posed little threat, according to a report published in the ...
Jul 22, 2016
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The War on Drugs, mass incarceration of drug users, and the failure to provide proven harm reduction and treatment strategies has led to high levels of HIV, tuberculosis, and hepatitis B and C infection among prisoners—far ...
Jul 15, 2016
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A new study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health found that among hospitalized patients with HIV infection and substance use, patient navigation (care coordination with case ...
Jul 12, 2016
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