The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse
In 2023, after a brief hiatus, tuberculosis regained from COVID its status as the world’s deadliest infectious disease—a ...
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This annual shot might protect against HIV infections
Promising results from an early-stage trial suggest that lenacapavir injections might offer long-lasting protection.
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Allies for Health + Wellbeing celebrates 40 years of HIV/AIDS support
When volunteers launched Pittsburgh Aids Task Force in 1985, they didn’t expect the organization would be operating 40 years later.
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Top 5 deadliest pandemics and disease outbreaks in history
Throughout history, the deadliest disease outbreaks and pandemics have decimated societies, killing millions. From the Black ...
Treating chikungunya using HIV/AIDS drug efavirenz
Efavirenz, an HIV drug, shows potential for treating chikungunya virus, inhibiting replication and reducing viral load ...
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HIV/AIDS News
King Holmes, MD, PhD, an infectious diseases physician ... in the early AIDS epidemic, died Sunday at the age of 87 years, the University of Washington announced. Home-based HIV counseling and ...
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Alabama still fighting HIV: 'In the South is where we have the majority of the problems':
Nearly half of all new cases in 2022 were in the South. "The frustrating part is we have the tools now to stop it." ...
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From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension, but it’s the foundation of public health
AIDS arrived as American politics took a sharp conservative turn with the election of President Ronald Reagan. When in 1985 it became possible to test for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS ...
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From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking is the foundation of public health
Federal datasets began disappearing from public view on Jan 31, in response to executive orders from President Donald Trump.