Big drug maker Gilead expects to take a billion-dollar hit this year via drug-pricing provisions in the Inflation Reduction ...
More than 20 years ago, the U.S. became the leader in the worldwide fight against HIV/AIDS. The Bush administration ...
In this file photo dated Monday, April 8, 2019, shows the headquarters building of UNAIDS in Geneva, Switzerland.
The first known case of HIV-1 infection in human was detected in 1959, from a blood sample of a man in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. However, the source of his infection is not known.
This will cost lives if the American government doesn’t change its mind and maintain its leadership,” the UNAIDS executive ...
But the coronavirus causes COVID, while the influenza virus causes the flu. COVID also spreads faster than the flu and remains contagious for longer periods. Both illnesses cause symptoms such ...
Claims that COVID-19 vaccines cause AIDS or contain HIV are false and misleading. These vaccines are safe, even for people living with HIV. The next time you hear such a claim, question its source ...
Health Minister Dr Atonio Lalabalavu has declared an outbreak of HIV cases in the country. He says between January and September 2024 Fiji recorded 1093 cases. He revealed the figures during the ...
Warning that a U.S. withdrawal could signal cuts in health aid to countries such as Zimbabwe, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said: "Any country with an HIV/AIDS challenge will be impacted." ...
While the medications used in PrEP are also used in HIV treatment, they are not enough to suppress the virus. If PrEP is given to someone who has HIV, the virus may replicate and develop resistance to ...
The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...
Breakthrough innovations have come to light that have proved to be more than 95% effective in preventing HIV infection with injections just twice a year. Once a year might even be possible. They could ...