HIV: WHO's new guidance on self-testing ahead of World AIDS Day
HIV self-testing means people can use oral fluid or blood-finger-pricks to discover their status in a private and convenient setting.
Nov 29, 2016, 21:22 PM IST
Here's why you should get tested for HIV!
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 be tested for HIV at least once as part of routine medical care.
Nov 22, 2016, 04:41 AM IST
HIV vaccine: Australian scientists achieve step in 'right direction'
A team of researchers from South Australia's University of Adelaide and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital have used a common cold virus to introduce their DNA-based vaccine into the immune system of laboratory mice.
Nov 21, 2016, 11:08 AM IST
'Potent antibody neutralises nearly all HIV strains'
Identifying broadly neutralising antibodies against HIV has been difficult because the virus rapidly changes its surface proteins to evade recognition by the immune system.
Nov 16, 2016, 12:44 PM IST
Smoking may shorten lifespan of HIV patients more than the virus itself
A study led by an Indian researcher has shown that cigarette smoking substantially reduces the lifespan of people living with HIV, potentially even more than HIV itself.
Nov 03, 2016, 14:11 PM IST
Revealed - Why HIV infection increases risk for tuberculosis!
Tuberculosis is a potentially serious infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Oct 19, 2016, 12:59 PM IST
HIV transmission: Patients diagnosed at advanced stages more likely to transmit it
HIV testing is important for everyone, and most important if done early to extend life, to prevent transmission, and to save on medical costs.
Oct 07, 2016, 17:04 PM IST
HIV/AIDS: How can you reduce your risk of transmission?
HIV can be transmitted from an infected person to another through certain body fluids – blood, semen and pre-seminal fluid, rectal fluids, vaginal fluids, breastmilk.
Oct 06, 2016, 10:09 AM IST
Breakthrough in HIV? Researchers may have found a possible cure for deadly infection
The research, being carried out by five of Britain's top universities with NHS support, is combining standard antiretroviral drugs with a drug that reactivates dormant HIV and a vaccine that induces the immune system to destroy the infected cells.
Oct 03, 2016, 11:28 AM IST
Parasitic worm infection may increase HIV risk
W bancrofti is a mosquito borne parasitic worm. Worldwide, it causes 90 per cent of lymphatic filariasis cases, a disease commonly known as elephantiasis, which is a neglected tropical disease as defined by the World Health Organisation.
Aug 03, 2016, 16:39 PM IST
New forms of HIV can jump from animals to humans
The researchers found that the SIV ancestor of HIV-1 M - the strain responsible for the global HIV pandemic - and another ancestral strain of HIV found only among residents of Cameroon can jump from animals to humans.
Jul 22, 2016, 12:58 PM IST
HIV therapy can keep partner from contracting the virus
The findings showed that a 93 per cent reduction of HIV transmission occurred when the HIV-infected person started antiretroviral therapy or ART at a higher CD4 cell count -- a marker of good immune system health.
Jul 20, 2016, 12:49 PM IST
AIDS deaths in India reduced by 55% since 2007: Nadda
India had recorded 1,48,309 deaths caused by AIDS in 2007, whereas, in 2015, the figure stood at just 67,600.
Jun 10, 2016, 12:58 PM IST
HIV infection can lead to premature ageing
This study comes in a contradiction to all the antiretroviral therapies that had led to a significant fall in the mortality rates earlier.
Apr 22, 2016, 16:53 PM IST
Effective vaccine against AIDS in the offing
"It is remarkable that protein design can be so specific as to 'find' one in a million cells, demonstrating the feasibility of this new vaccine strategy," he added.
Mar 27, 2016, 09:35 AM IST
Beware! Dating sites helping spread HIV
According to a new study, more than 60% of gay and bisexual men diagnosed with HIV reported meeting sexual partners online in the preceding year.
Feb 29, 2016, 12:09 PM IST
How Charlie Sheen's revelation helped raise HIV awareness!
Google searches for information about HIV hit a record high in the US after Charlie Sheen announced that he is a HIV-positive.
Feb 24, 2016, 18:56 PM IST
Living with HIV/AIDS: Ways to stay healthy and live longer!
Here's a list of things you can do to help you have a long, healthy life while protecting others
Dec 04, 2015, 00:11 AM IST
HIV spread peaks before violent conflict breaks out
The rate of new HIV infections rises significantly in the five years leading up to violent conflict in a country, says a new study.
Nov 13, 2015, 16:11 PM IST
AIDS preventive medicine available from December in Sonagachi
The medicine is designed to prevent sex workers from HIV infection.
Nov 10, 2015, 14:11 PM IST
