[From The Age, Jan 30, 2016] Access to a drug lauded for halting the spread of HIV will be provided to more than 2500 people in a push to wipe out new infections. A major expansion of a trial for the Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PReP) drug will begin later this year for people at high risk […]
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[From Reuters, Jan 22] A currently available pill could significantly curb new HIV infections among gay and bisexual men in the UK, if prevention and treatment programs are also expanded, researchers say. For more, click here.
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[From Global News, Jan 11, 2016] World-renowned HIV experts from British Columbia are stepping in to help control a massive outbreak of the disease in rural Indiana. The B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is partnering with Indiana University’s school of medicine in an effort to stymie an epidemic in Scott County where 184 people have
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[From HealthDay News, Jan 7, 2016] As many as two-thirds of new HIV infections could be prevented in gay and bisexual men if more men were tested for the virus, more were treated, and more who don’t have HIV took medication to prevent infection, a new Dutch study estimates. For more, click here.
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[From aidsmap, Jan 4, 2016] Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) can be safely omitted from HIV salvage therapy, investigators from the United States report in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The findings come from a randomised study conducted between 2008 and 2011. For the full article, click here.
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