Despite Advances, HIV Epidemic Continues Among Gay Men Across the Globe
Newswise — Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men continue to have disproportionately high burdens of HIV infection in countries of low, middle and high income around the world, a new study...
View ArticleTaking anti-HIV pill as needed prevents infection
(Reuters Health) – Taking an anti-HIV pill shortly before sex and for a few days afterward can help protect people against infection with the human immunodeficiency virus, according to researchers in...
View ArticleHIV can cross from chimps to humans: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska, July 22, 2016 – No one knows exactly how it happened. It may have entered through a cut or bite wound, the blood of a chimpanzee seeping into an exposed fingertip or forearm or foot....
View ArticleFirst Diagnosed Case of Alzheimer’s Disease in HIV Positive Individual...
Newswise — TORONTO (July 25, 2016) — The first case of Alzheimer’s disease diagnosed in an HIV-positive individual will be presented in a poster session at the Alzheimer’s Association International...
View ArticleStudy pushes back the origin of HIV-related retroviruses to 60 million years ago
Lentiviruses cause a variety of chronic diseases in mammals — ranging from the most notorious example of HIV/AIDS in humans to various neurological disorders in primates—-yet little is known of their...
View ArticleStudy finds better definition of homelessness may help minimize HIV risk
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Being homeless puts people at greater risk of HIV infection than those with stable housing, but targeting services to reduce risk behaviors is often complicated by fuzzy definitions of...
View Article7 agents, including HIV, added to U.S. list of carcinogens
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Thursday it added seven new agents, including the HIV virus and an industrial solvent, to its list of carcinogens. The list identifies factors...
View ArticleNIH Scientists Identify Potent Antibody that Neutralizes Nearly All HIV Strains
Scientists from the National Institutes of Health have identified an antibody from an HIV-infected person that potently neutralized 98 percent of HIV isolates tested, including 16 of 20 strains...
View ArticleFirst new HIV vaccine efficacy study in seven years has begun
The first HIV vaccine efficacy study to launch anywhere in seven years is now testing whether an experimental vaccine regimen safely prevents HIV infection among South African adults. The study, called...
View ArticleMedia Center: ‘How to Survive a Plague’ by David France
WHO: David France WHAT: HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS WHEN: Published by Knopf November 29, 2016 WHERE: Author tour to Boston, LA, Miami, NY, Portland...
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