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July 26, 2016

FDA overturns 30-year policy on blood donations by gay men

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday finalized a rule that will allow gay men to donate blood 12 months after their last sexual contact with another man, overturning a 30-year policy in which men who had sex with men could not donate blood.

July 22, 2016

Prince Harry says world must revive urgency in AIDS fight

DURBAN, South Africa — Prince Harry is warning against complacency in the fight against AIDS, saying inaction has set in as the epidemic has drifted from the headlines and people live longer with the disease.

July 21, 2016

Taking anti-HIV pill as needed prevents infection

Taking an anti-HIV pill shortly before sex and for a few days afterward can help protect people against infection with the human immunodeficiency virus, according to researchers in France and Canada.

July 20, 2016

African study exceeds UN 'test and treat' goal for ending HIV pandemic

NAIROBI — A U.N. goal to get seven out of 10 HIV positive people to take a test, start medication and suppress the deadly virus in their blood is achievable, a study in East Africa showed on Wednesday, raising hopes of ending the AIDS pandemic.

July 19, 2016

Surging heroin use threatens Kenya's HIV/AIDS gains

Rashid Hassan Mohammed began using drugs when he was 15, after fleeing an abusive home in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa and joining a street gang that robbed and stole to buy heroin.

July 19, 2016

Drugs almost eliminate risk of sex with HIV positive partner, African study shows

A daily dose of anti-HIV medication almost eradicates the risk of infection for people in a relationship with an HIV positive partner, a study showed on Tuesday, raising hopes of reducing HIV rates among one of Africa's highest risk groups.

July 18, 2016

Study shows durable benefits of early HIV treatment

Early treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can dramatically reduce the odds of passing the deadly disease on to others, and the protection persists for years, according to final results from a major study that looked at the timing of antiretroviral therapy, or ART.

July 18, 2016

Egypt doctors disciplined over widely mocked AIDS device

Egypt's doctors union has referred four members to a disciplinary court for taking part in the army's development of a widely mocked device said to cure AIDS and hepatitis C. The military's engineering wing unveiled the device in 2014, saying it could extract the viruses and turn them into "kofta," or ground meat.

July 15, 2016

HIV pill could cut infections in gay, bisexual men by a third

The rate of new HIV infections among gay and bisexual men could drop by up to a third over the next decade if enough eligible men take a drug that protects against the virus, researchers estimate.

July 15, 2016

Oklahoma dentist who ran unsafe clinic gets home arrest for money laundering

A former Oklahoma dentist was sentenced on Thursday to six months' home confinement for a federal money-laundering charge stemming from complaints his unsanitary practice exposed at least one of his patients to hepatitis and could have exposed thousands to HIV.