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July 29, 2019
BY imani

Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have taken a major step towards curing HIV. UNMC announced that researchers there, in cooperation with a team at Lewis Katz School…

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December 20, 2018
BY imani

PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, is a once-daily pill that can reduce your chance of getting HIV by more than 90%. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),…

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December 1, 2018
BY imani

The 30th annual World AIDS Day is taking place December 1, 2018 to raise awareness about the disease and the fight against HIV infection. The day also shows support for…

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November 19, 2018
BY imani

A promising HIV vaccine candidate demonstrated its power by neutralizing HIV strains in mice, guinea pigs and monkeys, and is almost ready for human testing. The findings were published on June 4th…

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October 19, 2018
BY imani

An HIV-negative child received a liver transplant from its HIV-positive mother and now appears to have no evidence of HIV infection apart from a very weak antibody response. The case…

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September 24, 2018
BY imani

New results are raising hopes for easing one challenge of living with HIV: the need to take daily pills for life, both to ward off HIV/AIDS and to lower the…

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September 10, 2018
BY imani

More than one in nine people worldwide who might benefit from a daily pill to minimize their risk of getting HIV are now taking this medicine, a research review suggests.…

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June 12, 2018
BY imani

A smartphone app, developed at the University of Virginia School of Medicine to improve care for people living with HIV, as increased its users consistency in doctor visits and improved their health outcomes,…

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May 24, 2018
BY imani

A recent review of studies found that some people on PrEP engage in more risky sex. Even before PrEP hit the US market in 2012, there were fears that it would…

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April 25, 2018
BY imani

Despite the fact that PrEP is known to provide a high level of protection against HIV, aspects of its use remain controversial. The continued debates regarding the preventive tool pose…

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