AIDS awareness leading to more people taking HIV tests: Tripura Health Minister
According to the Minister, the number of HIV positive people in Tripura has been more or less static during the past few years.
Dec 01, 2017, 19:46 PM IST
Union minister Anupriya Patel launches strategic plan, aims at eradicating HIV/AIDS by 2030
She also inaugurated the 'SAMPARK' mission aimed at tracing those who are HIV positive and are to be brought under ART services.
Dec 01, 2017, 19:40 PM IST
Microorganisms in Chile desert may have the potential to fight HIV
Actinobacteria are the keystone species in our ecosystems and are acknowledged as an unrivalled source of bioactive compounds.
HIV-infected patients with heart problems given inferior cardiovascular care: Study
Researchers find 5.1 percent of HIV-positive adults received aspirin/antiplatelet therapy for primary prevention or cardiovascular disease
Nov 27, 2017, 09:51 AM IST
Challenges remain for India in the fight against AIDS. Here are some of them
World AIDS Day is on December 1.
Nov 21, 2017, 23:05 PM IST
Scientists decode how HIV spreads through the body
When infected with the HIV virus, humans cannot produce the required antibodies to kill it, which is why a cure has been a challenge to develop.
Nov 13, 2017, 14:26 PM IST
Silver lining for HIV patients: Researchers design experimental vaccine
The molecule could one day become part of a successful HIV vaccine, the researchers said.
Oct 29, 2017, 19:09 PM IST
'Breakthrough' AIDS research fetches India-origin couple top US award
The award was presented to them by Robert Gallo, who discovered HIV as the cause of AIDS, at the 19th international meeting of the IHV.
Oct 26, 2017, 10:03 AM IST
Technique to 'kick and kill' HIV developed
This technique uses a new molecule to awaken dormant virus cells and then kill them.
Oct 06, 2017, 15:53 PM IST
New smartphone-based test can detect HIV in seconds
The test could provide doctors and carers with a virtually instantaneous way of diagnosing someone with HIV.
Sep 30, 2017, 13:11 PM IST
In blooper, Punjab campaign says AIDS can spread through handshakes
The fact that AIDS does not spread from touch has been stressed upon from time to time, since it is also one of the top-most myths people have about the disease.
Sep 25, 2017, 16:42 PM IST
Smokers with HIV more at risk of lung cancer than AIDS: Study
Researchers found that smoking and HIV together put people at risk of developing lung cancer at a rate even higher than that among smokers not infected with HIV.
Sep 19, 2017, 15:38 PM IST
Proposed US budget cut could have disastrous impact on health security, warns Bill Gates
This step could lead to five million more deaths from AIDS alone, the American business magnate has said.
Sep 13, 2017, 13:40 PM IST
No discrimination against HIV positive soldiers: Minister
The security forces do not discriminate against people with AIDS and HIV positive soldiers are treated in the same manner as soldiers with any other chronic disease, Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre said on Tuesday.
Aug 01, 2017, 21:47 PM IST
9-year-old brings hope for HIV cure after spending 8 years in remission without drugs!
Till date, only one person is known to have been cured – the so-called Berlin patient, a man who had a bone marrow transplant in 2007 from a donor with natural resistance to HIV.
Jul 25, 2017, 13:26 PM IST
HIV vaccine a step closer? Cows become scientists' aides in developing immunisation!
It is believed that cows evolved a supreme immune defence due to their complex and bacteria-packed digestive system.
Jul 21, 2017, 10:47 AM IST
Scales tip in fight against AIDS, 1 million lives lost in 2016, down 50% from 2006: UN report
The UN report released on Thursday said that the scales have tipped in the fight against AIDS, with more than half of people infected with HIV now getting treatment and AIDS-related deaths almost halving since 2005.
Jul 20, 2017, 14:35 PM IST
Mizoram comes up with scheme for better treatment of HIV affected people
Under the 'Test and Treat Strategy', the HIV affected people would be given free Anti Retrovira Therapy (ART) irrespective of the CD4 count.
Jun 22, 2017, 18:44 PM IST
Asian plant extract may help treat HIV: Study
Researchers analysed the extract along with thousands of others as part of their efforts to identify new drugs against HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and cancer.
Jun 19, 2017, 19:11 PM IST
HIV patients indulging in tobacco-use at double the risk of death, warns study!
Researchers at the University of York in the UK said that tobacco use is emerging as a 'silent killer' for HIV patients and is more common among HIV positive people than HIV negative individuals.
Jun 02, 2017, 19:11 PM IST
