Today, we’re happy to share with you some amazing news about HIV: the results of a study have just been released and it seems that HIV diagnosis rate has dropped considerably in the United States. The reasons behind this drop aren’t quite clear, but it can mean that fewer infections are happening or that most infected people have been diagnosed and more testing won’t find more cases. Or it can be … [Read more...]
AIDS Top Experts Killed in Downed Plane
Dozens of leading HIV experts were feared dead after the Malaysian plane was shot down over Ukraine. Now experts fear that research on finding a cure or treatment could suffer. It has been confirmed a couple of hours ago that Joep Lange was among the passengers of the MH17 flight that was downed by a missal over Ukraine. He had researched the disease for more than 30 years and was considered one … [Read more...]
Anti-HIV pill for High risk groups Recommended by CDC
In a bid to check the rise of deadly HIV/AIDS among the Americans, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced a set of guidelines that ask people, who are at high risk for contracting the AIDS causing Human Immunodeficiancy Virus (HIV), to take anti-HIV medicines that help in minimizing the transmission risk. According to the federal health body, the pre-exposure … [Read more...]
US researchers develop after sex gel that prevents you from HIV infection
In a discovery that could act as pathbreaking in the field of science, researchers have claimed to have developed a gel that they claim can protect from HIV infection even if applied after having sex. US researchers have developed a unique vaginal product that they call after-sex gel which promises women to provide protection from HIV infections. According to the researchers, the vaginal gel … [Read more...]
Second baby born with HIV possibly cured, claim US doctors
In a discovery that could act as path-breaking in the field of science, doctors have claimed to have cured a baby in the United States against HIV/AIDS. According to the doctors, this is the second case in the world to be "cured" of HIV completely. The doctors concluded the success following a complete physical examination and a rigorous series of tests of the baby. The baby was born with … [Read more...]