(Times of India) – “We must face hard truths – if the current rate of new HIV infections continues, merely sustaining the major efforts we already...
(The Body Pro) – Long-term opioid use conferred a 40% higher death risk in a prospective study of U.S. veterans with or without HIV. The...
(Pierce Pioneer) – In the world growing industry of HIV treatment, research now indicates that a new strategy could starve the virus by stopping its...
LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A major international study sought to settle how soon is best to start HIV treatment — and the...
RICK CALLAHAN, Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence overrode state law and his own anti-drug policies Thursday to authorize a short-term needle-exchange program...
by Roberto Alejandro Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper A recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found people with HIV develop cancer...
TOM ODULA, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — AIDS has become the leading cause of death for adolescents in Africa and the second leading cause of...
MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The gap appears to be closing between death rates for black and white Americans infected with the...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Most non-medical HIV health care workers earned a “D” when surveyed on the science and treatment...
JULIE WATSON, Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A consumer advocacy group has filed a class-action lawsuit against Aetna Inc. saying a new policy violates the...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Researchers are reporting another disappointment for efforts to cure infection with the AIDS virus. Six patients given blood-cell transplants similar...
ALEXANDRA OLSON, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Global efforts to provide antiretroviral therapy to children with HIV is lagging sharply compared to adults, according to...
Lily Rothman, TIME MAGAZINE (TIME)—Dec. 1 has been World AIDS Day since 1988 — but though the awareness and activism around the diseases has changed...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In an ongoing effort to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic physicians, healthcare workers and human rights...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist As we prepare to commemorate World AIDS Day on Monday, Dec. 1, this is a good time to look at...
(The Body) – A new study suggests that many African Americans may not be getting effective doses of the HIV drug Selzentry (also known as Celsentri or maraviroc)....
(The Washington Post) – More than 80 percent of women diagnosed with HIV contract the virus through heterosexual sex. A condom provides the best protection against HIV — but...
By Linda Villarosa Special to the NNPA from The Black AIDS Institute MELBOURNE, Australia – Is the glass half empty – or half full? That was...
(The Philadelphia Inquirer) Temple University researchers have used state-of-the-art molecular scissors to cut out dormant HIV hiding in human cells, fueling hopes for curing –...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer A Mississippi girl born with the AIDS virus and in remission for more than two years despite stopping treatment now...
[TECHSONIA] Truvada is a drug that functions against HIV. It was approved in the early 2000s. It lowers virus production and slows disease progression in the...
KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Two health organizations filed a complaint with federal health officials Thursday alleging some Florida insurance companies are...
(IOL News) – Religious activists, students and colleagues gathered outside Jamaica’s biggest university on Monday to protest the firing of an HIV expert who testified on...
(Los Angeles Times) – Here was a story, it seemed, that resonated with a disparate and diffuse metropolis. It was the tale of one...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson says Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has badly outdated views about minorities and is...
