UH receives $5 million to combat HIV/AIDS epidemic
Grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc. continues graduate college of social work effort in southern United StatesCredit: University of Houston A ...
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West Virginia’s enduring, intertwined epidemics: Opioids and HIV
Credit: West Virginia University Long before COVID-19 entered the picture, West Virginia had been battling two other major public health ...
Cone snail venom shows potential for treating severe malaria
Study finds anti-adhesion drugs may hold the key to treating malaria, COVID-19, aids and other emerging diseasesCredit: Fred Pflueger, Ph.D. ...
New study gives hope of eliminating mother-to-baby transmission of HIV
Credit: Karolinska Institutet. Anti-retroviral drugs are a vital tool in the prevention and treatment of HIV. A new study of ...
Universal access to preventive drugs could reduce HIV incidence in sub-Saharan Africa
Credit: Gabriel Chamie Universal HIV testing with linkage to treatment and prevention may be a promising approach to accelerate reductions ...
HIV: an innovative therapeutic breakthrough to optimize the immune system
A therapeutic approach to restore the effectiveness of immune cellsCredit: INRS Prompted by the need to improve conventional treatments for ...
Common HIV drugs may prevent leading cause of vision loss, study finds
Credit: UVA Health Scientists have identified a group of drugs that may help stop a leading cause of vision loss ...
Medicaid expansion helps uncover undiagnosed HIV infections
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The Medicaid expansion facilitated by the Affordable Care Act led to ...
USC study measures brain volume differences in people with HIV
Brain scans of more than 1200 HIV-infected adults across 5 continents show smaller volumes associated with lower white blood cell ...
Stats on HIV among men who have sex with men could help resolve China’s epidemic
In China's decades-long war against HIV, the time has come to explore infections among young men who have sex with ...
Are people living with HIV more isolated during the pandemic?
A UC Riverside-led study, funded by Merck, is set to find outCredit: Stan Lim, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The ...
Study finds new evidence of health threat from chemicals in marijuana and tobacco smoke
Marijuana smoking found to raise levels of potentially harmful chemicals but to a lesser degree than tobacco smoking; Exposure to ...
Gates Foundation helps UC study sexual health of South African youth
Researchers show that rural girls look to social and cultural influences, not modern medicine, to prevent pregnancy and diseaseCredit: University ...
Salk Assistant Professor Dmitry Lyumkis receives CAREER award from NSF
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(December 22, 2020) Assistant Professor Dmitry Lyumkis has received a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) ...
Sixfold increase in risk
Study shows link between cervical cancer and HIV infectionCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM A research team at the Technical University ...
Three out of six European Research Council Grants awarded in Portugal go to IGC researchers.
European Research Council (ERC) released the 2020 list of projects distinguished with the competitive Consolidator Grants. Maria João Amorim, Raquel ...
HIV-like virus edited out of primate genome
Breakthrough brings Temple researchers and their collaborators closer to a cure for human HIV infectionCredit: Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - ...
IPM’s dapivirine ring for women’s HIV prevention receives WHO prequalification
WHO prequalification brings the dapivirine vaginal ring another step closer to introduction, pending country approvals * Confirms that this new ...
ECDC and WHO call for improved HIV testing in Europe
AIDS-free future at stakeCredit: ECDC The number of people living with undiagnosed HIV is increasing in the WHO European Region. ...
New therapy for flu may help in fight against COVID-19
Credit: John Underwood/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new therapy for influenza virus infections that may also prove effective ...