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Facebook Disables Some Misleading Ads on HIV Prevention Drugs, Responding to Growing Outcry
Facebook has quietly started removing some misleading ads about HIV prevention medication, responding to a deluge of activists, health experts and government regulators who said the tech giant had created the conditions for a public-health crisis.
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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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HIV Vaccine Comes Closer To Reality
Research show that a type of lymphocyte might be protecting babies in the womb from getting infected with the HIV virus when the mother is infected. Scientists are working to use these lymphocytes to create a vaccine against HIV
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This New Anti-HIV Pill Is Safe For Gay, Bisexual Adolescent Boys
For the study, researchers enrolled 78 gay and bisexual young men, ages 15 to 17, from six U.S. cities. The participants all tested negative for HIV at the start of the study, but were at high risk for an infection. Read the report here.
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Bill Gates Invests $140 Million In Groundbreaking New Technology For HIV Cure
Microsoft founder Bill Gates' charity foundation has invested USD 140 million in the development of HIV-preventing drug implants that could revolutionise the treatment of the life-threatening infection.
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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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UK Court Says State Health System Can Fund Preventative HIV Drug
A high court judge ruled on Tuesday that an HIV pill to prevent infection can be funded by the state health service in England, in a victory for AIDS campaigners who have been calling for its widespread use.
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HIV Drug May Affect Foetal Development: Study
An anti-retroviral drug used to prevent the transmission of HIV from mother to child may have small but significant effects on infant development, a new study has claimed.
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Studies Show Success in HIV Drugs for Prevention
Despite evidence that taking powerful anti-HIV drugs can help protect uninfected partners from contracting the virus that causes AIDS, the therapy is far from becoming routinely prescribed, scientists said on Monday.
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Drastic Acceleration of HIV Fight Needed to Stop AIDS Resurgence
The global HIV epidemic could see a resurgence in just five years without a drastic acceleration in efforts to prevent and treat the AIDS virus, the United Nations and disease experts said on today.
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HIV Pills Show More Promise to Prevent Infection
There is more good news about HIV treatment pills used to prevent infection in people at high risk of getting the AIDS virus: Follow-up from a landmark study that proved the drug works now shows that it does not encourage risky sex and is effective even if people skip some doses.
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AIDS drugs halve HIV risk for intravenous drug users in study
A daily dose of powerful anti-HIV medicine helped cut the risk of infection with the AIDS virus by 49 percent in intravenous drug users in a Bangkok study that showed for the first time such a preventive step can work in this high-risk population.
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In Mizoram, sex workers are many, protection little
Sex workers and injecting drug users are high risk groups for HIV infection. In Mizoram, government programmes are focusing on reaching out to them with HIV prevention campaigns. But this is proving to be difficult for there is fear of being identified as a sex worker in the state.
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US approves 'Truvada', the first pill to help prevent HIV
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection, a milestone in the 30-year battle against the virus that causes AIDS.
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Facebook Disables Some Misleading Ads on HIV Prevention Drugs, Responding to Growing Outcry
Facebook has quietly started removing some misleading ads about HIV prevention medication, responding to a deluge of activists, health experts and government regulators who said the tech giant had created the conditions for a public-health crisis.
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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.
-
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.
-
HIV Vaccine Comes Closer To Reality
Research show that a type of lymphocyte might be protecting babies in the womb from getting infected with the HIV virus when the mother is infected. Scientists are working to use these lymphocytes to create a vaccine against HIV
-
This New Anti-HIV Pill Is Safe For Gay, Bisexual Adolescent Boys
For the study, researchers enrolled 78 gay and bisexual young men, ages 15 to 17, from six U.S. cities. The participants all tested negative for HIV at the start of the study, but were at high risk for an infection. Read the report here.
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Bill Gates Invests $140 Million In Groundbreaking New Technology For HIV Cure
Microsoft founder Bill Gates' charity foundation has invested USD 140 million in the development of HIV-preventing drug implants that could revolutionise the treatment of the life-threatening infection.
-
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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UK Court Says State Health System Can Fund Preventative HIV Drug
A high court judge ruled on Tuesday that an HIV pill to prevent infection can be funded by the state health service in England, in a victory for AIDS campaigners who have been calling for its widespread use.
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HIV Drug May Affect Foetal Development: Study
An anti-retroviral drug used to prevent the transmission of HIV from mother to child may have small but significant effects on infant development, a new study has claimed.
-
Studies Show Success in HIV Drugs for Prevention
Despite evidence that taking powerful anti-HIV drugs can help protect uninfected partners from contracting the virus that causes AIDS, the therapy is far from becoming routinely prescribed, scientists said on Monday.
-
Drastic Acceleration of HIV Fight Needed to Stop AIDS Resurgence
The global HIV epidemic could see a resurgence in just five years without a drastic acceleration in efforts to prevent and treat the AIDS virus, the United Nations and disease experts said on today.
-
HIV Pills Show More Promise to Prevent Infection
There is more good news about HIV treatment pills used to prevent infection in people at high risk of getting the AIDS virus: Follow-up from a landmark study that proved the drug works now shows that it does not encourage risky sex and is effective even if people skip some doses.
-
AIDS drugs halve HIV risk for intravenous drug users in study
A daily dose of powerful anti-HIV medicine helped cut the risk of infection with the AIDS virus by 49 percent in intravenous drug users in a Bangkok study that showed for the first time such a preventive step can work in this high-risk population.
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In Mizoram, sex workers are many, protection little
Sex workers and injecting drug users are high risk groups for HIV infection. In Mizoram, government programmes are focusing on reaching out to them with HIV prevention campaigns. But this is proving to be difficult for there is fear of being identified as a sex worker in the state.
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US approves 'Truvada', the first pill to help prevent HIV
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection, a milestone in the 30-year battle against the virus that causes AIDS.
