HIV & AIDS

HIV diagnoses in Australia remained low in 2022

Despite disruptions to testing and risk behavior during COVID-19, the latest data from UNSW Sydney's Kirby Institute shows Australia is tracking well toward the elimination of HIV transmission.

Medications

Don't take chances: Why doxycycline is a great bet against STIs

If taken within 72 hours of condomless sex, the common antibiotic doxycycline drastically reduces the risk of gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia among transwomen and gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, a recent ...

HIV & AIDS

International migrants left behind in HIV response: Study

International migrants in Australia and beyond are at increased risk of HIV infection due to reduced access to a highly effective prevention measure, a world-first global review led by Monash University has found.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Reducing the risks of sexually transmitted infections

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to rise the in the U.S and around the globe. The World Health Organization reports more than 1 million new sexually transmitted infections are acquired a day—with the majority ...

Health informatics

Pre-training in medical data: A survey

In a paper published in Machine Intelligence Research, a team of researchers summarizes a large number of related publications and the existing benchmarking in the medical domain. Notably, the survey briefly describes how ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

No longer a death sentence: Four decades of living with HIV

Forty years after the discovery of HIV, AFP looks at how far we have come in fighting a deadly virus that was once shrouded in fear and shame but is now treated as a manageable chronic condition.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Why did the mpox epidemic wane? Belgian researchers offer a theory

Did the recent mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) outbreak end because of "network immunity"? That's the theory being put forward by Belgian researchers at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious ...

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