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December 1 is World AIDS Day: See statistics in Houston, testing, prevention and more
Read full article: December 1 is World AIDS Day: See statistics in Houston, testing, prevention and moreKPRC 2 joins the world on Dec. 1 in remembrance of the millions of lives lost to AIDS and people who are still living with AIDS or HIV.
Allies in Hope partnering with Walgreens to promote National HIV Testing Day
Read full article: Allies in Hope partnering with Walgreens to promote National HIV Testing DayJeffrey Campbell, CEO of Allies in Hope, joins KPRC 2+ Now to talk about National HIV Testing day and free testing sites across Houston
December 1 is World AIDS Day: See statistics in Houston, testing, prevention and more
Read full article: December 1 is World AIDS Day: See statistics in Houston, testing, prevention and moreKPRC 2 joins the world on Dec. 1 in remembrance of the millions of lives lost to AIDS and people who are still living with AIDS or HIV.
Seen at 7: How medicines can play a critical role in ending the HIV epidemic
Read full article: Seen at 7: How medicines can play a critical role in ending the HIV epidemicHIV continues to be a global public health crisis, with an estimated 38 million people living with the virus, as we near World AIDS Day, on December first, it’s an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV.
Student who sued military over HIV policy settles case
Read full article: Student who sued military over HIV policy settles caseA student at a military college who sued top Pentagon officials after he was deemed unfit for service because he tested positive for HIV has settled his lawsuit and plans to pursue his dream of becoming an Army officer.
HIV prevention drugs in jeopardy of being less accessible to people who use employer’s insurance
Read full article: HIV prevention drugs in jeopardy of being less accessible to people who use employer’s insuranceThe CDC estimates one million people in the country would benefit from HIV prevention medications known as PrEP.
Man tests positive for HIV, COVID-19, and monkeypox at the same time, report says
Read full article: Man tests positive for HIV, COVID-19, and monkeypox at the same time, report saysAn Italian man who spent five days in Spain tested positive for COVID-19, HIV, and monkeypox at the same time, doctors said in a report from the Journal of Infection.
French discoverer of HIV virus Luc Montagnier dies at 89
Read full article: French discoverer of HIV virus Luc Montagnier dies at 89French researcher Luc Montagnier, who won a Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the HIV virus and more recently spread false claims about the coronavirus, has died at age 89.
Stronger Houston: How one Houston woman is helping fight the stigma of HIV/AIDS
Read full article: Stronger Houston: How one Houston woman is helping fight the stigma of HIV/AIDSRight now, there are more than 1.1 million people in the United States living with HIV. Research shows the deep south has the highest rates of HIV diagnosis.
The superspreaders behind top COVID-19 conspiracy theories
Read full article: The superspreaders behind top COVID-19 conspiracy theoriesLegitimate questions about the virus created perfect conditions for conspiracy theories. COVID CLAIM: Boyle says the coronavirus is a genetically engineered bioweapon that escaped from a high-level lab in Wuhan, China. COVID CLAIM: Nikulin argues the U.S. created the virus and used it to attack China. He first voiced the belief in a Jan. 20, 2020, story by Zvezda, a state media outlet tied to the Russian military. EVIDENCE: There is no evidence that the U.S. created the virus or used it as a weapon to attack Iran.
Study finds long-acting shot helps women avoid HIV infection
Read full article: Study finds long-acting shot helps women avoid HIV infectionResults so far suggest that the drug, cabotegravir, was 89% more effective at preventing HIV infection than Truvada pills, although both reduce that risk. The results mirror those announced earlier this year from a similar study testing the shots versus the daily pills in gay men. It promises HIV prevention help to young women, “those who need it the most,” he said. There were more side effects, mostly nausea, with the daily pills. “People need choices for HIV prevention,” and this gives a new option, Warren said in a statement.
Doctors say experimental treatment may have rid man of HIV
Read full article: Doctors say experimental treatment may have rid man of HIVHe and the Berlin patient, Timothy Ray Brown, had donors with a gene that confers natural immunity to HIV infection. After nearly a year, the patient went back to the standard three drugs for two more years, then stopped all HIV medicines in March 2019. In particular, doctors will want to see proof from blood tests that the patient truly had stopped his HIV medicines. Diaz said all HIV patients in Brazil get their medicines from a government health program and that he verified the man had stopped. It tested shots of ViiVs experimental drug cabotegravir against daily pills of Truvada, the Gilead Sciences drug already approved for preventing HIV infection.
AIDS report: Kids are lagging and COVID-19 is harming care
Read full article: AIDS report: Kids are lagging and COVID-19 is harming careFour years ago, the United Nations set goals for limiting HIV infections and improving treatment by the end of 2020, and all will be missed because the coronavirus pandemic is hurting access to care, the report concludes. Here are highlights from the report:INFECTIONSAbout 1.7 million new HIV infections occurred in 2019 down 23% since 2010 but far short of the 75% reduction goal. Were still seeing 150,000 kids being newly infected with HIV each year.In sub-Saharan Africa, girls and young women make up 10% of the population but account for 25% of new HIV infections. It breaks my heart that 4,500 girls, young women, were being infected every week in Africa every week! Were very, very worried, profoundly worried, about COVID-19 harming patients and efforts to curb the HIV, she said.