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January 8, 2019
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 AIDS and to lower the…

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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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October 19, 2018
BY imani

Doctors believe six people afflicted with HIV have had the virus eliminated from their body and one may even have been completely cured of the virus, according to a study…

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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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August 14, 2018
BY imani

When people take daily pills to minimize their chances of getting HIV, they are also more likely to get routine care like flu shots and recommended screenings for common health…

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July 25, 2018
BY imani

Results from a nationwide analysis on the impact of Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) showed that its use resulted in significant declines in new HIV infections in the US from 2012 to…

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July 19, 2018
BY imani

On July 3, 1981, this newspaper wrote about a “rare cancer” killing gay men in New York and California. Though few knew it, what followed would be a generation-defining battle:…

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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 18, 2018
BY imani

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the drug PrEP, also known as Truvada, for adolescents. In an anniuncement released this week, the government health agency recommended that the daily treatment be…

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