Hiv

Infections rising, AIDS deaths continuing in too many communities: UN

In a new report published to mark World AIDS Day on December 1, the UN warns that "dangerous inequalities are undermining the AIDS response and jeopardising the health security of everyone".

Anthony Fauci, face of US Covid-19 response, to step down

The top infectious disease expert who became a household name during the Covid-19 pandemic, announced he will depart the government in December after more than five decades of service.

UK to pay thousands of victims who received tainted blood

Thousands of people in Britain who contracted HIV or hepatitis from transfusions of tainted blood in the 1970s and 1980s will receive around $120,000 in compensation, the UK government says.

First woman reported cured of HIV after stem cell transplant

Another breakthrough leap in the fight against HIV sees the third ever person cured from the virus with campaigners hoping that the world is a step closer to eradicating the disease globally.

'Highly virulent' HIV variant found in the Netherlands after decades

Oxford researchers identify a new highly virulent HIV strain, stating there is no need to be alarmed due to the effectiveness of modern treatments over the variant.

Biden seeks to end AIDS epidemic in US by 2030

President Biden's strategy, outlined in a 98-page document, seeks to address social issues in the country that contribute to HIV risk and health outcomes.

Britain to allow military recruitment of people with HIV

"As a modern and inclusive employer, it is only right that we recognise and act on the latest scientific evidence," says Junior Defence Minister Leo Docherty.

A hope for HIV patients: An infected woman turns virus-free on her own

An Argentinian patient nicknamed after the town she is from, Esperanza, received an HIV diagnosis eight years ago – but has been tested free of the virus multiple times since then.

Mass HIV outbreak of 2019 continues to kill children in Pakistan’s south

A whistleblower doctor uncovered a scandal involving the re-use of needles in southern Sindh province in 2019 but little seems changed as the number of children who tested positive stands at over 1,500 two years later.

Here's how Covid-19 can creep into the brain and permanently damage it

Strange symptoms emerging in recovered Covid-19 victims had no medical explanations until now, and the research on it tells a grim tale.

A single injection every two months could protect women against HIV

Researchers claimed a big victory against the virus after a study showed six annual injections of a drug called cabotegravir were as effective as daily preventative pills.

World's first patient cured of HIV dies of cancer

Timothy Ray Brown showed that it is possible, under special circumstances, to rid a patient of HIV – something many scientists doubted could be done.