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Sydney's former HIV epicentre close to ending transmission: research
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» PARIS - 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 on Monday.
'Lucky to still be alive': Living with HIV for over 30 years
AFP, Published on 10/05/2023
» PARIS - When people were diagnosed with HIV more than three decades ago, it was considered a death sentence.
Anthony Fauci, face of US Covid fight, to step down in December
AFP, Published on 23/08/2022
» WASHINGTON - Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert who became the face of America's fight against Covid-19, announced Monday that he will leave government service after more than 50 years in December, stepping down as advisor to President Joe Biden.
Covid has 'devastating' impact on fight against HIV, TB, malaria: Global Fund
AFP, Published on 08/09/2021
» PARIS: The Covid-19 pandemic had a "devastating" impact on the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in 2020, according to a report released by the Global Fund on Wednesday.
Doctors Without Borders ordered to stop work in Myanmar city
AFP, Published on 09/06/2021
» An international medical charity warned Wednesday of "life-threatening" consequences for thousands of HIV and tuberculosis patients in Myanmar after it was ordered by the junta to stop work in a southern city.
London man second patient to be cured of HIV
AFP, Published on 10/03/2020
» PARIS - A second patient has been cured of HIV after undergoing stem cell transplant treatment, doctors said Tuesday, after finding no trace of infection 30 months after he stopped traditional treatment.
Botswana to rule on scrapping anti-gay laws
AFP, Published on 10/06/2019
» GABORONE, Botswana: Botswana could decriminalise gay sex on Tuesday when its high court is due to rule in a landmark case being watched across Africa after Kenya recently upheld its own anti-homosexuality laws.
'London patient': second case ever of HIV remission
AFP, Published on 05/03/2019
» PARIS - A second person is in sustained remission from HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS, after ceasing treatment and is likely cured, researchers were set to announce at a medical conference Tuesday.
HIV-positive mother donates liver to save her child's life
AFP, Published on 04/10/2018
» JOHANNESBURG: Faced with the only chance to save a child's life, doctors in South Africa have performed a medical first -- transplanting part of the liver from a HIV-positive mother into her HIV-negative child, it was announced on Thursday.
Antibody therapy suppresses HIV for weeks at a time: study
AFP, Published on 27/09/2018
» PARIS - Scientists in the US said Wednesday they have discovered a way to suppress HIV in patients for months at a time using a twin dose of antibodies that could revolutionise how the disease is treated.