Health Care Professionals News

[From aidsmap, December 19] “A mathematical model has shown that just under half of countries in sub-Saharan Africa are likely to reach UNAIDS’ ambitious 90-90-90 target and ultimately 73% of all people living with HIV in this region are predicted to be virally suppressed by 2020, researchers report in the November issue of Tropical Medicine […]

[From HIVplus, December 19] “Even though we’re now some four decades into the HIV epidemic, researchers still don’t seem to appreciate some pretty basic elements when it comes to how cisgender women contract HIV. In particular, the mechanisms behind HIV acquisition via male-to-female sex are poorly understood. Thankfully, new findings may help unravel how HIV

[From CTV, December 17] “In the early 1980s, HIV-AIDS was a mysterious and deadly illness that confounded researchers across the globe. Today, almost four decades after the epidemic began, advances in treatment have turned it into a treatable, chronic disease.” For more, click here.

[From Quartz, December 15] “The US Department of Health and Human Resources (HHR) has halted all federal research involving fetal tissue obtained from elective abortions, according to an AIDS researcher working in collaboration with a federal facility. Fetal tissue, which provides stem cells, is a key component of medical research both within and outside government facilities and,

[From BioPharmaDive] “GlaxoSmithKline subsidiary ViiV Healthcare believes its portfolio of HIV medications will be competitive as treatment for the virus enters an era of two-drug regimens. So far, however, the company’s first doublet has performed modestly on the market compared to a key rival’s three-drug regimen.” For more, click here.