HIV cases up in Hong Kong in 2013
A total of 559 new cases of HIV infection were reported in Hong Kong in 2013, up from 513 cases reported in 2012, according to a Hong Kong CHP press release today. Hong Kong Image/CIA Dr Wong Ka-hing, Consultant More...
The Top 5 most prevalent sexually transmitted infections in the US
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates there are more than 110 million sexually transmitted infections (STI) among men and women nearly split evenly. This number includes both new and existing More...
HIV-infected women released from jail have worse HIV treatment outcomes than men, according to Yale study
A recently published study in the American Journal of Public Health shows that HIV-infected women transitioning from jail experience greater comorbidity and worse HIV treatment outcomes than their male counterparts. Jaimie More...
Philippines: HIV cases in 2013 up a third compared to 2012
Assistant Secretary of Health in Philippines, Dr. Eric Tayag tweeted Friday that the number of new HIV cases reported in November was 384 and the total so far for the year is 4,456. Image/CIA In 2012, more than More...
Older HIV-positive men who have sex with men at higher risk of HPV that cause anal cancer: Study
Human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause cervical cancer in women, is also known to cause anal cancer in both women and men. Now, a study led by researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing has found that older More...
Knowing HIV status lowers sexual risk among US gay and bisexual men
A new analysis of data from 20 major U.S. cities reveals continued signs of sexual risk among gay and bisexual men, but shows dramatically lower sexual risk among those who accurately know their HIV status. The More...
HIV infections up in Europe
The number of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections has increased by 8 percent from 2011 to 2012 on the European continent, according to new data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and More...
New HIV infections down 33% since 2001: UNAIDS
The combined, adult and children, new HIV infections has dropped by a third, according to new data released today in the 2013 UNAIDS Report on the global AIDS epidemic. Public domain photo/ ChristianHeldt via More...
Heart disease, stroke top list of leading causes of death globally
Of the estimated 55 million people who died worldwide in 2011, two-thirds of all deaths globally were due to noncommunicable diseases (NCD), according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This is up 60 percent More...
Two men clear of HIV post-bone marrow transplants
Two patients at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) are HIV free after undergoing bone marrow transplants for cancer treatment, according to findings presented at the International AIDS Society More...
WHO: Earlier ART recommended in new guidelines
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new treatment guidelines for HIV, which centers around earlier antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to the newly published guidelines. Image/CIA The new recommendations More...
Emory releases new national data on AIDSVu, the interactive national HIV mapping tool
The Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University launched its annual update of AIDSVu, including new interactive online maps that show the latest HIV prevalence data for 20 U.S. cities by ZIP code or census More...
HAART appears to protect against heart damage: NIH
For children who have had HIV-1 infection since birth, the combination drug therapies now used to treat HIV appear to protect against the heart damage seen before combination therapies were available, according More...
Johns Hopkins doctors report Mississippi child born with HIV is now ‘functionally cured’
Doctors say the girl, now 2, has only trace amounts of HIV in her bloodstream and has been able to keep the virus in check without medication. The next step is to try to replicate the results. HIV Image/CDC A baby More...
Botanical drug, Fulyzaq receives FDA approval to treat diarrhea in HIV/AIDS patients on antiretroviral therapy
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today the approval of Fulyzaq (crofelemer) to relieve symptoms of diarrhea in HIV/AIDS patients taking antiretroviral therapy, a combination of medicines used More...
Bollywood superstar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan says pregnant women should shed the fear of HIV/AIDS test
Aishwarya Rai BachchanYouTube Video Screen Shot The “International Goodwill Ambassador” with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the former Miss World and Bollywood superstar, Mrs. Aishwarya More...
UN reports large decreases in new HIV infections according to report
There were more than 700 000 fewer new HIV infections globally in 2011 than in 2001. Africa has cut AIDS-related deaths by one third in the past six years, according to a newly published UNAIDS report titled Results. HIV More...
‘Zumba for a Cause: Dance Against HIV/AIDS’ scheduled for Nov. 29 in Parañaque
The number of HIV/AIDS cases has been increasing exponentially in the Philippines in recent years with much of the increase attributed to social media, low condom use and the use of injecting drugs. Public domain More...
Homosexual advocates working with UN to criminalize ‘homophobia’
Homosexual advocates in Brazil have been joined by a coalition of United Nations groups in an effort to pressure the nation to criminalize “homophobia” under the guise that such “prejudices” are a hindrance More...
FDA approves more than 150 antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV/AIDS infected people globally
Sec. of State Hillary Clinton speaking at the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington DC PEPFAR video screen shot U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg announced Sunday, More...
