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Two-hour test kit hailed as boon to HIV care in Africa
Two-hour test kit hailed as boon to HIV care in Africa
Cambridge scientist Helen Lee’s simple, mobile device will speed up detection and treatment rates.
30 may 2016
FDA approves six month implant for treatment of opioid dependence
FDA approves six month implant for treatment of opioid dependence
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, is pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first long-acting,...
27 may 2016
Chinese farmer demands compensation after wrong AIDS diagnosis
Chinese farmer demands compensation after wrong AIDS diagnosis
A farmer in central China's Henan Province is seeking 2 million yuan (about 300,000 U.S. dollars) in compensation after he was wrongly diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.
25 may 2016
Condoms By Drone: A New Way To Get Birth Control To Remote Areas
Condoms By Drone: A New Way To Get Birth Control To Remote Areas
A drone takes a practice flight in Virginia with medical supplies — part of a project to evaluate the flying machines for use in humanitarian crises.
20 may 2016
Rio 2016 Olympics: Australian athletes to be given anti-Zika virus condoms as 'a common sense approach'
Rio 2016 Olympics: Australian athletes to be given anti-Zika virus condoms as 'a common sense approach'
The virus is an epidemic in Central and Latin America, and the WHO has declared it a global health emergency.
20 may 2016
UNAIDS calls for sustained investment and increased collaboration to develop an HIV vaccine
UNAIDS calls for sustained investment and increased collaboration to develop an HIV vaccine
On HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, UNAIDS calls for greater resources and increased collaboration among governments, the scientific community and the private sector to advance research towards finding...
19 may 2016
BREAKING NEWS: new research could lead to HIV vaccine
BREAKING NEWS: new research could lead to HIV vaccine
Researchers are working to develop a vaccine designed to elicit antibodies that could be groundbreaking in the treatment of HIV.
19 may 2016
HIV positive: How activists plan to combat the disease by 2030
HIV positive: How activists plan to combat the disease by 2030
What is needed to protect the most vulnerable? Great progress has been made in the fight against HIV and AIDS, but is it enough to eradicate the virus? According to UNAIDS, in 2014, there were...
18 may 2016
Christiane Amanpour, CNN: Meet the woman waging a war against AIDS
Christiane Amanpour, CNN: Meet the woman waging a war against AIDS
Khadija Rama tells Christiane Amanpour the AIDS program and clinic she set up in her village of Isiolo in Kenya are helping lower AIDS rates in her community.
18 may 2016
Dispatches: The Philippines’ Unaddressed HIV Epidemic
Dispatches: The Philippines’ Unaddressed HIV Epidemic
The Philippine government observed what it described as the world’s first “AIDS Hour” on May 14. Department of Health Secretary Janette Garin said the awareness-raising event was...
17 may 2016
In Pursuit Of An HIV Vaccine And The AIDS-Free Generation
In Pursuit Of An HIV Vaccine And The AIDS-Free Generation
In the US, many people speak of “the AIDS crisis” as though it were something that happened and is now over. We do have effective treatments, and increasingly effective means of...
17 may 2016
New Way of Attacking HIV Virus Boosts AIDS Vaccine Efforts
New Way of Attacking HIV Virus Boosts AIDS Vaccine Efforts
Researchers have found a new HIV weakness that could lead to a more effective vaccine.
16 may 2016