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What Is Vampire Facial, Procedure That Led To 3 US Women Contracting HIV
Three women have reportedly contracted HIV after receiving a "vampire facial" at a spa in New Mexico. These are the first known cases of HIV transmission during a cosmetic injection procedure.
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Sydney's Former HIV Epicentre Now Close To Ending Transmission: Researchers
The Inner Sydney district, once the epicentre of Australia's HIV epidemic, is very close to becoming the first place in the world to reach the UN's target for ending transmission of the virus, researchers said.
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World AIDS Vaccine Day 2020: Know The Significance; Symptoms And Risk Factors For HIV/AIDS
World AIDS Vaccine Day 2020: The day is meant to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and the need to have to a vaccine against HIV. Here's everything you need to know.
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Facebook Ads Push Misinformation About HIV Prevention Drugs, LGBT Activists Say, 'Harming Public Health'
Facebook users have been bombarded with misleading ads about medication meant to prevent the transmission of HIV, according to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates.
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AIDS Drugs Prevent Sexual Transmission Of HIV In Gay Men
A European study of nearly 1,000 gay male couples who had sex without condoms - where one partner had HIV and was taking antiretroviral drugs to suppress it - has found the treatment can prevent sexual transmission of the virus.
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Bengal Tops In Curbing Parent To Child HIV Transmission: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal has emerged as the No. 1 state in the country in "Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS" programme for 2017-18, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today, the World AIDS Day.
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World AIDS Day 2018: Important HIV Facts And Figures
HIV Estimation Data suggests that unprotected sex is the major route of HIV transmission.
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Conditions Disqualifying You From Donating Blood
Some people are disqualified from donating blood because they have diseases that are transmissible via blood. Other potential donors are disqualified because of other conditions. Read on to know more
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How Mother To Baby Transmission Of HIV Can Be Prevented In India
New Delhi: Every year, 6,500 children are born with HIV in India, according to various estimates. One-third of them die before their first birthday and half of them do not get to see their second. National AIDS Control Organisation or NACO’s programme, launched 14 years ago, provides utmost care to the women during pregnancy and childbirth. At BJ...
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Over Two Lakh People Died In China This Year Due To HIV/AIDS
Over two lakh people have died in China due to HIV/AIDS this year with 94 per cent of them contracting the disease due to sexual transmission, according to official figures released in Beijing on Wednesday.
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Novel Antiretroviral Drugs To Cut HIV Sexual Transmission Risk
Scientists have developed new antiretroviral drug that has the potential to reduce the viral load in the blood and semen of HIV-positive individuals more quickly as well as lower the risk of transmission.
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Mizoram Study Shows 92% Mothers Did Not Pass HIV To Babies
Aizawl: Out of 437 babies whose mothers were tested positive for HIV, 405 were born HIV negative, officials of the Prevention of Parents Child Transmission Centre said on Wednesday. The figures were revealed in a statistics report related to births from 2011 till July 2016, the officials said. All the pregnant women were tested at the Aizawl Civil ...
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405 Babies Of HIV Infected Mothers Born Without Infection
Out of 437 babies whose mothers were tested positive for HIV, 405 were born HIV negative, officials of the Prevention of Parents Child Transmission Centre (PPTCTC) said today.
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New Drug May Prevent HIV Transmission In Women, Kids
A new potent anti-HIV drug may effectively prevent vaginal and oral transmission of the deadly virus, scientists have shown in animal models.
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HIV Therapy Can Prevent Transmission During Breastfeeding
Taking a three-drug antiretroviral therapy against HIV can prevent transmission of the virus from infected mothers to their infants during breastfeeding, a new clinical trial conducted in sub-Saharan Africa and India has found.
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What Is Vampire Facial, Procedure That Led To 3 US Women Contracting HIV
Three women have reportedly contracted HIV after receiving a "vampire facial" at a spa in New Mexico. These are the first known cases of HIV transmission during a cosmetic injection procedure.
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Sydney's Former HIV Epicentre Now Close To Ending Transmission: Researchers
The Inner Sydney district, once the epicentre of Australia's HIV epidemic, is very close to becoming the first place in the world to reach the UN's target for ending transmission of the virus, researchers said.
-
World AIDS Vaccine Day 2020: Know The Significance; Symptoms And Risk Factors For HIV/AIDS
World AIDS Vaccine Day 2020: The day is meant to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and the need to have to a vaccine against HIV. Here's everything you need to know.
-
Facebook Ads Push Misinformation About HIV Prevention Drugs, LGBT Activists Say, 'Harming Public Health'
Facebook users have been bombarded with misleading ads about medication meant to prevent the transmission of HIV, according to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates.
-
AIDS Drugs Prevent Sexual Transmission Of HIV In Gay Men
A European study of nearly 1,000 gay male couples who had sex without condoms - where one partner had HIV and was taking antiretroviral drugs to suppress it - has found the treatment can prevent sexual transmission of the virus.
-
Bengal Tops In Curbing Parent To Child HIV Transmission: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal has emerged as the No. 1 state in the country in "Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS" programme for 2017-18, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today, the World AIDS Day.
-
World AIDS Day 2018: Important HIV Facts And Figures
HIV Estimation Data suggests that unprotected sex is the major route of HIV transmission.
-
Conditions Disqualifying You From Donating Blood
Some people are disqualified from donating blood because they have diseases that are transmissible via blood. Other potential donors are disqualified because of other conditions. Read on to know more
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How Mother To Baby Transmission Of HIV Can Be Prevented In India
New Delhi: Every year, 6,500 children are born with HIV in India, according to various estimates. One-third of them die before their first birthday and half of them do not get to see their second. National AIDS Control Organisation or NACO’s programme, launched 14 years ago, provides utmost care to the women during pregnancy and childbirth. At BJ...
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Over Two Lakh People Died In China This Year Due To HIV/AIDS
Over two lakh people have died in China due to HIV/AIDS this year with 94 per cent of them contracting the disease due to sexual transmission, according to official figures released in Beijing on Wednesday.
-
Novel Antiretroviral Drugs To Cut HIV Sexual Transmission Risk
Scientists have developed new antiretroviral drug that has the potential to reduce the viral load in the blood and semen of HIV-positive individuals more quickly as well as lower the risk of transmission.
-
Mizoram Study Shows 92% Mothers Did Not Pass HIV To Babies
Aizawl: Out of 437 babies whose mothers were tested positive for HIV, 405 were born HIV negative, officials of the Prevention of Parents Child Transmission Centre said on Wednesday. The figures were revealed in a statistics report related to births from 2011 till July 2016, the officials said. All the pregnant women were tested at the Aizawl Civil ...
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405 Babies Of HIV Infected Mothers Born Without Infection
Out of 437 babies whose mothers were tested positive for HIV, 405 were born HIV negative, officials of the Prevention of Parents Child Transmission Centre (PPTCTC) said today.
-
New Drug May Prevent HIV Transmission In Women, Kids
A new potent anti-HIV drug may effectively prevent vaginal and oral transmission of the deadly virus, scientists have shown in animal models.
-
HIV Therapy Can Prevent Transmission During Breastfeeding
Taking a three-drug antiretroviral therapy against HIV can prevent transmission of the virus from infected mothers to their infants during breastfeeding, a new clinical trial conducted in sub-Saharan Africa and India has found.
