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Oct 1

WHO on HIV Therapy: Treat Everyone

Everyone with HIV should be offered treatment immediately upon diagnosis, according to new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. The recommendation -- dropping any eligibility restrictions for antiretroviral therapy -- brings WHO advice into line with guidelines in the U.S., and most other Western countries. The new guidelines also say that all people at "substantial risk" of HIV should be offered pre-exposure prophylaxis ...
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Sep 14

HIV Prevention Pill 100 Percent Effective in Trial, Researchers Say

An antiviral pill proved 100 percent effective in preventing new cases of HIV, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study. Truvada was administered to 657 sexually-active people over 32 months – and there were no new cases of HIV reported, according to the study, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases this month. “Our study is the first to extend the understanding of the use ...
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Sep 8

HRC Gears Up for United States Conference on AIDS 2015

The 19th annual United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) will take place this week in Washington, D.C. USCA seeks to increase the strength and diversity of the community-based response to the HIV and AIDS epidemic through education, training, new partnerships, collaboration and networking. NMAC (formerly the National Minority AIDS Council) will host the USCA, which is the largest AIDS-related gathering in ...
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Aug 24

HUD OFFERS $9 MILLION TO PROVIDE STABLE HOUSING TO LOW-INCOME VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS

To help prevent victims of domestic violence living with HIV/AIDS from falling into homelessness, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is making more than $9 million available to state, local governments, and non-profits through the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)/Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Project Demonstration – a collaborative effort between HUD's Office of HIV/AIDS ...
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Aug 10

HIV could be eliminated by 2030, Scientists Say

While it has been assumed for quite some time that early treatment of HIV is better than delayed treatment, researchers finally have the evidence to announce in confidence that early treatment results in half the rate of death and complications. This announcement was big news at the AIDS conference in Vancouver last month. If routine yearly testing for HIV becomes the norm ...
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Jul 22

People With HIV Are At Low Risk To Spread It To Their Partners, Long As They're On Medication

It’s getting to be a banner week for the scientists presenting at the annual International AIDS Society meeting ( IAS 2015 ). Earlier today, researchers validated one of the more hopeful breakthroughs in HIV/AIDS research made in recent history, reporting that prompt antiretroviral therapy (ART) can drastically limit the chance of HIV transmission among heterosexual couples. Their findings are a direct ...
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Jul 15

HIV patients are living 20 years longer than in 2001

According to the UN's Programme on HIV and AIDS, people with HIV are living 19 years longer than in 2001. The current life expectancy for people HIV/AIDS is now 55 years. Antiretrovial drugs have become cheaper and more accessible, reaching the UN's goal of reaching 15 million people. In 2000, fewer than 700,000 people had access to the antidote. This progress is ...
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Jul 15

Researcher gets $1.48 million to study disease that causes blindness in AIDS patients

ATLANTA--Dr. Richard Dix, professor in the Department of Biology at Georgia State University, has received a four-year, $1.48 million federal grant to study an eye disease that causes vision loss and blindness in HIV-immunosuppressed patients who do not have access to antiretroviral therapy or don't respond to the therapy. The grant from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of ...
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Jul 14

United Nations chief: World is on track to end AIDS epidemic by 2030

In announcing the good news from the latest global HIV/AIDS report that the virus is being beaten back more quickly than expected, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday made a pronouncement that would have been unthinkable 15 years ago. He said he believes that ending the epidemic in 2030 is not just ambitious, but realistic. The Joint United Nations Programme ...
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Jul 8

Drug candidate significantly reduces HIV reactivation rate

HIV-infected patients remain on antiretroviral therapy for life because the virus survives over the long-term in infected dormant cells. Interruption of current types of antiretroviral therapy results in a rebound of the virus and clinical progression to AIDS. But now, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have shown that, unlike other antiretroviral therapies, a natural compound ...
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