HIV/AIDS - Page 31

October 27, 2015

Obama reveals $100 million HIV research initiative

President Barack Obama announced a new initiative at the National Institutes of Health in pursuit of a cure for HIV, saying his administration is redirecting $100 million into the project to find a new generation of therapies.

October 26, 2015

Gilead's HIV drug shows potential in two mid-stage studies

Gilead Sciences Inc said its HIV tablet containing tenofovir alafenamide was found better than its approved drug, Stribild, in two mid-stage studies.

October 26, 2015

Brazil takes advantage of World Cup crowds to test for HIV

Brazilian health officials handed out condoms to World Cup fans in Sao Paulo on Friday and took advantage of festivities in the city to test people for HIV.

October 26, 2015

Gene therapy may control HIV without drugs

A strategy to genetically modify cells from people infected with HIV could become a way to control the virus that causes AIDS without using antiviral drugs, according to results from an early-stage trial that were published on Wednesday.

October 26, 2015

Major study finds earlier HIV treatment improves health, NIH says

A major international study sought to settle how soon is best to start HIV treatment - and the advice is don't delay.

October 26, 2015

HIV infections rise, thwart Brazil's AIDS efforts

The devastating news didn't make sense to Brazilian Pierre Freitaz. How was it possible that, at age 17, he was infected with HIV if his only boyfriend seemed fit and healthy?

October 26, 2015

Scientists find new, aggressive strain of HIV in Cuba

Scientists have found an aggressive strain of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Cuba that they say can progress to AIDS so rapidly that patients may not even know they are infected before symptoms appear, Medical News Today reported.

October 26, 2015

FDA shuts down Miami-area blood bank for multiple violations

Federal authorities have suspended the license of a Miami-area blood bank for violations that include improperly notifying donors who may have been HIV-positive.

October 26, 2015

Mental health issues may increase HIV risk among gay, bisexual men

Gay and bisexual men are at increased risk of acquiring the virus that leads to AIDS if they have mental health problems, according to a new study.

October 26, 2015

Doctors use HIV as tool to send man's cancer into remission

A Utah man's leukemia is in remission after facing an unusual enemy: HIV.