HIV cannot be transmitted through drinking "contaminated" soda, health experts said, refuting hoax posts that frightened social media users in the. The fabricated warning claims soft drinks were being pulled from stores in the country after they were found to contain the virus.
For this understudied population, the findings may offer some reassurance as apixaban is already the most prescribed OAC in the general population of the U.S. and in people with H
In his public pronouncements about how he thinks about the October 7, 2023 Al Aqsa Flood operation – Norman Finkelstein says that with Noam Chomsky out of commission, he is forced to reason morally and ethically on his own.
Lenacapavir, a twice yearly injection that prevents HIV transmission, was named the breakthrough medicine of 2024. But without US foreign aid dollars, its delivery to millions worldwide is under threat.
Two-year-old Evans was brought to the Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi, Kenya a year ago, suffering from HIV and tuberculosis. With no family to care for him, Evans was referred to the orphanage by a health center after he stopped responding to medical treatment.
South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when the order came from USAID to stop work.
HIV self-testing is proving to be a revolutionary tool in Mizoram’s fight against HIV/AIDS, offering a more private, convenient and effective means of diagnosis, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Legislation that would remove a criminal penalty for intentionally transferring HIV to another person sailed through both the House and Senate chambers this week, garnering bipartisan support in the process.
Cuts to HIV/AIDS funding could threaten the 40 years of work that has gone into ending the AIDS epidemic — potentially putting the lives of millions of people at risk.
A common CV risk factor calculator for patients with HIV underestimates risk for Black patients and women, while risk for those in low-income countries is overestimated.
In parts of the world where traveling to a clinic for routine blood tests is a financial and logistical challenge, HIV patients increasingly have the option to collect and ship a drop of their blood in paper-based devices that absorb the sample and store it for analysis in far-away labs.
Florence Makumene held a plastic container of HIV medication and wondered if it would be her last as fears swelled of a return to a time decades ago when millions across sub-Saharan Africa died of AIDS.