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29 Apr 2024

DNA: Can You Get HIV From a Tattoo?

30 Nov 2023

World AIDS Day: History, Significance, Theme - Difference Between AIDS And HIV

The theme for World AIDS Day this year is ‘Let communities lead’ AIDS is acquired only after the contraction of HIV, but not all HIV cases develop into AIDS On World AIDS Day, people around the world unite to show support for people living with and affected by HIV and to remember those who lost their lives to AIDS

23 Feb 2023

DNA: 'Medical miracle' against HIV AIDS

A big miracle has happened in the world of medical science. Till now AIDS was considered an incurable disease. But a French institute has claimed that the treatment of AIDS is possible through Bone Marrow Transplant.

World AIDS Vaccine Day

18 May 2022

Prevalence of AIDS in India, mRNA vaccine, need of Covid vaccination to Africa

Every year on May 18 World AIDS Vaccine Day or HIV Vaccine Awareness Day is observed globally. The Concept of HIV vaccine awareness day came out of a speech by former US President Bill Clinton. Clinton stressed upon the necessity of the vaccine to contain and eradicate the fatal disease.

01 Dec 2021

One child was infected with HIV every 2 minutes in 2020, UNICEF report reveals

The UNICEF report claimed that 1,20,000 children, or one child every five minutes, died due to AIDS-related causes in 2020.

08 Sep 2021

COVID-19 crisis resulting in deaths from TB, AIDS in poorest countries

Global Fund is investing more than $4 billion per year to fight tuberculosis, malaria and AIDS Services were affected by COVID-19 lockdowns

07 Jun 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Athletes to get over 160,000 condoms but they can’t use them

The Tokyo Olympics is scheduled to begin from Friday 23rd July 2021 and all the participating athletes from across the globe will get around 14 condoms each.

01 Dec 2020

World AIDS Day: TV stars talk of the need to remove the stigma

This Tuesday was World AIDS Day (December 1). Celebrities from the world of television opened up on the need to continue the efforts to remove the stigma that is often associated with the ailment.

01 Dec 2020

Drop in HIV screening amid COVID outbreak can take collateral toll: Doctor

Screenings for HIV have dropped by over 40-45 % approximately since April, just around the time the COVID pandemic hit India. India has the third-highest number of estimated people living with HIV in the world. The estimated number of people living with HIV/AIDS in India was 2.08 million (20.9 lakh) in 2011.

04 Jun 2019

Gene experiment foolish and dangerous: Experts

The study, at the University of California, Berkeley, looked at nearly 410,000 people in the UK, among them those who had only the mutated version of CCR5 were 20 per cent more likely to die before they turned 78.

04 Jun 2019

HIV patients more likely to develop heart diseases

In the statement, published in the Circulation journal, the researchers indicated that the heart disease risk among HIV patients occurs due to interactions between traditional risk factors, such as diet, lifestyle and tobacco use; and HIV-specific risk factors, such as a chronically activated immune system and inflammation characteristic of chronic HIV.

17 May 2019

Over 500 test positive for HIV in Pakistani village

A local doctor who was also infected with HIV was arrested on April 27 in connection with the outbreak after residents complained.

01 May 2019

Two cases of HIV reported after 'vampire' facials at US spa

As part of the process, syringes with nutrient-rich plasma are injected into facial tissues using a micro-needling pen. If not done properly and with hygienic practices, it could lead to health hazards.

01 Dec 2018

World AIDS Day: 1.2 lakh kids, adolescents living with HIV in 2017 in India

Currently, 3 million persons 19 years and younger, are infected with HIV worldwide.

22 Nov 2018

Rami Malek's Freddie Mercury will be performance of the year: Anupam Kher

Mercury died in 1991 from bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS.

22 Mar 2018

HIV prevalence rate third highest in Nagaland, highest in Manipur: Study

With a prevalence rate of 0.76% among adults, third highest in the country, Nagaland has 22,878 'People living with HIV' (PLHIV) and AIDS cases, an official of Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS) has said.

05 Mar 2018

Experimental HIV antibody effective on monkeys: Study

In the study, scientists infected rhesus macaques with simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV), an HIV-like virus commonly used in nonhuman primate studies.

02 Feb 2018

New paper-based test can help in early detection of HIV

In recent years, diseases such as Ebola and Zika have caused wide-scale devastation, and HIV continues to be a pandemic health threat for many, researchers said.

05 Jan 2018

Common birth control drug may up risk of HIV

MPA behaves like the stress hormone cortisol in the cells of the genital tract that can come in contact with HIV.

05 Dec 2017

Hijab-clad women dance to movie song in Kerala, start heated debate on Twitter

The three women were dancing during AIDS Day celebrations to raise awareness about the life-threatening disease.

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