About 640 000 children have been orphaned by the virus. Picture: AFP Health advocacy groups have welcomed the HIV-Aids clinical trial showing HIV patients can control the virus without using ...

We should be doubling down on our investment to end the HIV epidemic once and for all, not regressing to the days of funeral services and a virus running rampant.” A spokesperson for the ...

The goal of this approach is to either eliminate or reduce hidden traces of HIV in the body so the immune system can keep the virus in check without the need for lifelong medication. The institute ...

An estimated 25 million people are living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa Eight countries - six of them in Africa, including Nigeria, Kenya and Lesotho - could soon run out of HIV drugs following ...

Granada Reports Journalist Lauren Ostridge takes a look at the history of George House Trust and speaks to those it has helped. It's 40 years since George House Trust was set up in a small office ...

March 17 (Reuters) - The Trump administration's decision to pause U.S. foreign aid has "substantially disrupted" supply of HIV treatments in eight countries, which could soon run out of these life ...

Most scientists presumed that, unlike HIV or other long-term infections, respiratory viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 were acute, and those who survived their infections cleared the virus in a matter of ...

A preliminary study has found that efavirenz — a non-nucleoside inhibitor of HIV virus that is used for treating HIV/AIDS — can be repurposed for the treatment of chikungunya. Currently ...

(1 Trusted Source HIV weakens the immune system by attacking infection-fighting cells. While antiretroviral therapy controls the virus, it doesn’t cure it. Mount Sinai researchers ...

Study findings provide a new gene pathway for potential treatment of the virus affecting millions. Mount Sinai researchers have developed a method to uncover the hidden immune cells that harbor ...

It purportedly works by preventing the virus from reproducing within the cells. For the experiment, 40 individuals without HIV were injected with lenacapavir injections in their muscles ...