Use of syringe services programs (SSPs) has increased substantially during the past decade, but most people who inject drugs still don’t always use sterile needles, according to a new CDC Vital…
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UNAIDS announces 18.2 million people on antiretroviral therapy, but warns that 15
A new report by UNAIDS shows that countries are getting on the Fast-Track, with an additional one million people accessing treatment in just six months (January to June 2016).
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New therapeutic vaccine approach in non-human primates shows potential as functional cure for HIV-1
Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, has announced results of a new study published in Nature which points to a potential new…
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Patients with HIV now live about as long as their uninfected peers
Patients receiving optimal care for HIV infection can expect to live about as long as those who are uninfected, according to an updated analysis being published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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HIV test performed on USB stick
Scientists have developed a type of HIV test on a USB stick.The device, created by scientists at Imperial College London and DNA Electronics, uses a drop of blood to detect HIV, and then…
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Classroom-based sex education programmes largely ineffectual, but incentives to stay at school can help
A global review of school-based interventions for preventing HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and pregnancy in adolescents shows sex education programmes have no impact in lowering…
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Giving women HIV self-tests promotes male partner testing
Providing pregnant and postpartum women in sub-Saharan Africa with multiple HIV self-tests can make it more likely their male partners will be tested for HIV compared to a standard approach of…
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Sexual transmission of HIV and the law: Caution advised
The criminal justice system should exercise caution in prosecuting for the transmission of HIV by considering the rapidly evolving science of the virus, say a number of leading clinicians and…
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Smoking more hazardous for HIV patients than the virus itself
Smoking may reduce life expectancy for HIV patients more than the HIV itself does. Researchers call for new strategies to help people with HIV to quit.
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