By International Business Times Scientists have developed a test sensitive enough to identify HIV lurking in a dormant state in the body. It appears to be faster and less invasive that the method used currently to track down ‘hidden’ HIV …
New scientist The therapy gives the immune system the tools to flush out HIV, meaning daily drugs can be ditched – one man has been free of them for seven months HIV quickly re-emerges from hiding By Andy Coghlan FIVE people …
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Alexandra Sifferlin @acsifferlin Elizabeth Renstrom—TIMEThe region of the Americas is the first in the world to be declared measles-free, after 22 years of work to banish the highly contagious infection that can result in pneumonia, blindness and death (stock photo) …
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By Julie Steenhuysen Genes taken from archived blood samples show the U.S. AIDS epidemic started in New York in the early 1970s, definitively debunking the long-held belief that the virus was spread in the early 1980s by a flight attendant …
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HIV preventative medicine is doing what it’s supposed to do, even for high-risk populations that aren’t using other forms of protection, according to new research from a health insurer. HIV, which stands for human immunodeficiency virus, can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, …
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A joint study recently conducted by the University of Copenhagen and Jimma University in Ethiopia found a link between malnutrition and the effectiveness of HIV treatments. The study, published in BMJ, examined Ethiopians with HIV who were also receiving antiretroviral …
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