BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Healthcare providers who work with young men who have sex with men should stress the urgency of getting HIV tested, U.S. researchers say. Study author Dr. Bill G. Kapogiannis, scientific director of the ...
Tags: Hiv Testing, aids, Disease Control
FRIDAY Jan. 31, 2014, 2014 -- Women who are victims of domestic violence are at increased risk for infection with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, new research finds. The study included women seen at an upstate New York public ...
A large-scale human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) intervention/education effort aimed at helping South African men take a proactive role in the prevention of that disease has proven successful, an important development considering that ...
Tags: HIV, STI, infection, Circle of Men
A large-scale human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) intervention/education effort aimed at helping South African men take a proactive role in the prevention of that disease has proven successful, an important development considering that ...
Risky sexual behavior is less prevalent among gay and bisexual men who know their HIV status than among those who don't, U.S. health statistics indicate. The Centers for Disease Control Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, issued ...
The United States spends twice as much per person on health care as the rest of the developed world, with little to show for it except shorter and unhealthier lives than citizens of its peer nations enjoy. That's the depressing conclusion ...
Tags: health, health care, Institute of Medicine, heath insurance
Life Ball Fashion Show 2012 20 years on, the Life Ball in Vienna has become an internationally acclaimed major event and an established recognized platform in the fight against the HI virus. This year’s Vienna Life Ball has ...
Gilead Sciences Truvada (emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Truvada is the first agent to get approval for HIV prevention in uninfected adults, a strategy ...
Tags: HIV testing, Truvada, PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis
Novara Therapeutics, an antiviral drug discovery company, has secured $23m in Series A financing to support the development of capsid-targeting antivirals to treat chronic hepatitis B (HBV) and HIV infections. The company's antiviral ...
Tags: antiviral drug discovery company, chronic hepatitis, HIV infections