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FDA approves Yeztugo: Gilead's new twice-yearly HIV prevention injection

Yeztugo has shown over 99% effectiveness in trials, surpassing daily PrEP pill Truvada.

 FDA approves Yeztugo: Gilead's new twice-yearly HIV prevention injection.
 Flammable objects being prepared to be flown toward Israel from the Gaza Strip. August 21, 2020.

A tale of two Gazas: Trump confuses condom shipments going to Mozambique, not Hamas

 Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, departs the Rolls Building of the High Court in London, Britain June 7, 2023.

Prince Harry quits charity he founded after bullying accusations

 A milestone was reached in the fight against HIV/AIDS with the development of Lenacapavir.

This HIV drug is hailed as 2024's Discovery of the Year


Health Ministry reveals decline of HIV/AIDS in Israel

The decrease in HIV/AIDS in Israel may be caused by number of immigrants and asylum seekers who arrived in Israel in 2023 the Ministry of Health suggested.

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Breakthrough in HIV cure: Seventh person worldwide appears cured

The man has remained in a state of "viral remission," meaning that repeated tests have not detected any trace of HIV in his body.

 Chinese medical staff test blood samples for HIV/AIDS at a disease prevention and control centre in Nanchang. Chinese medical staff test blood samples for HIV/AIDS at a disease prevention and control centre in Nanchang in eastern China's Jiangxi province in this picture taken on April 11, 2005.

Ozempic helps HIV patients, not just diabetics and celebrities losing weight - study

Ozempic can be given to people with HIV to combat fatty liver, according to a recent peer-reviewed study.

 Boxes of Ozempic, a semaglutide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes made by Novo Nordisk, is seen at a Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, U.S. March 29, 2023.

Is an AIDS vaccine on the way?

GSK has completed its first stages of clinical research on an injection that could replace the daily pill currently being used to prevent HIV infection and to treat HIV positive carriers.

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Condom use declines, STD rates increase

Misconceptions about HIV prevention drugs may lead to decline in condom use.

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Israel sees alarming rise in syphilis infection rates - Health Ministry

Head of Belinson Hospital's dermatology and venereal diseases department expresses concern over growing number of cases.

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On World AIDS Day, rising HIV rates in Israel

"The AIDS epidemic is still with us," said Prof. Itzchak Levy, director of the HIV/AIDS center at Sheba Medical Center.

 A nurse draws a blood sample for an HIV test at the lab of the NGO "Accion Solidaria" (Solidarity Action) in Caracas, Venezuela, November 28, 2018. Picture taken November 28, 2018.

Danish researchers take another big step toward HIV cure

Specific monoclonal antibodies suppressed the virus for months after the AIDS ‘cocktail’ of drugs was stopped.

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Restoring gut health may slow HIV progression to AIDS - study

The study suggests that restoring and improving gut health could be the key to slowing HIV progression to AIDS.

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HIV can lie dormant in the brain, according to new research

Researchers in the UNC School of Medicine conclude that specialized immune cells in the brain can harbor latent, but replication-capable HIV.

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HIV cured using stem cells extracted from umbilical cord - study

Using stem cells from umbilical cord blood instead of from donors increases the potential to cure the disease through stem cell transplants in people of all racial backgrounds.

A digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicts a single, red colored H9-T cell that had been infected by numerous, spheroid shaped, mustard colored human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) particles attached to the cell's surface membrane.