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The World Health Organization has issued global treatment guidelines for hepatitis C, strongly recommending the use of the new direct-acting antivirals...

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The majority of men who have sex with men (MSM) in three different African countries and in Tamil Nadu State in India also have sex with women, according to...

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A 12-week triple combination of direct-acting antivirals developed by AbbVie cured at least 99% of previously untreated people with genotype 1 hepatitis C...

Dovato is a two-drug combination of the HIV integrase inhibitor dolutegravir and the HIV nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor lamivudine.

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Efavirenz is a medication used to treat HIV. It was originally marketed under the brand name Sustiva, but generic versions are also available. It is taken in...

An excessive reliance on drug law enforcement is the major barrier to stemming the tide of new HIV infections amongst injecting drug users (IDUs), Australian...

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Doravirine is a medication used to treat HIV, marketed under the brand name Pifeltro. It is taken in combination with other antiretroviral drugs.

Ugandans in rural areas are four times more likely to access HIV testing when it is offered by a traditional healer according to a report in The Lancet Global...

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Lenacapavir is the first HIV capsid inhibitor. Lenacapavir has been licensed in the United States, European Union and United Kingdom for the treatment of...

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The vitamin niacin (B3, or nicotinic acid), already known for its cholesterol-lowering effects, may also reduce central or abdominal fat accumulation in...

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Lower levels of beneficial high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol - but not of harmful low-density lipoprotein (LDL) - were associated with cardiovascular...

When people say they "had sex", what transpired is anyone's guess. A new study from the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University found that no uniform consensus...

Share-Net Netherlands, the Netherlands Network on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, recently published a position paper on men's sexual and...

The 8th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2015) heard today of a case where a young woman, who was...

Tenofovir (Viread) has been associated with kidney (renal) toxicity in certain cases, although this has proven to be nearly always mild, rare, and reversible....

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We work to change lives by sharing information about HIV & AIDS. We believe independent, clear and accurate information is vital

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Cases of HIV cure are exceptional, though there are also some cases of long-term control of HIV without having to take treatment.

Many travel insurance providers will now cover people with HIV, but this may incur an additional cost. This page reflects the personal finance market in the UK.

Easy-to-read and illustrated information on HIV and the immune system.

A study of prescriptions for Truvada (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine, often abbreviated to TDF/FTC) in the USA has found that its use as PrEP by...

A combination of two direct-acting antivirals developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) cured 90% of previously untreated people with genotype 1b hepatitis C...

There is wide consensus among AIDS vaccine researchers that we need an HIV vaccine to induce high levels of neutralising antibodies against a wide range of HIV...

News and research from the Standard of Care for HIV & Coinfections in Europe meeting, which took place in Bucharest, Romania, from 30 to 31 January 2019. The...

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HIV-related tuberculosis (HIV-TB) received unprecedented attention at the 44th Union World Conference on Lung Health, held in Paris. This report will attempt...

The experimental HIV integrase inhibitor elvitegravir works as well as raltegravir (Isentress) for treatment-experienced people with extensive drug resistance,...

Simplification of an antiretroviral treatment to a boosted protease inhibitor and the nucleoside analogue lamivudine (a dual regimen) is highly effective in...

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An international appeal is underway to find people who are controlling HIV at very low viral load levels without any medication in order to learn how they...

Almost two-thirds of new cases of HIV now occur outside countries with high HIV prevalence in southern and eastern Africa, according to an analysis of UNAIDS...

A detailed analysis of results from the HPTN 083 PrEP study, which compared the efficacy of a two-monthly injection of the drug cabotegravir against daily oral...

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Adding the new hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibitor simeprevir (formerly TMC435) to pegylated interferon and ribavirin cures about three-quarters of...

Treatment for 12 weeks with a co-formulation of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir led to sustained response for all participants with HIV and HCV co-infection who had...

A second woman appears to have naturally eliminated HIV without a stem cell transplant and may be considered cured, according to a report in Annals of Internal...

People with HIV who develop severe COVID-19 experience major changes in gut bacteria that persist for months after infection and may explain both the severity...

In the first five years of life the neurological development of HIV-exposed but uninfected infants, exposed to maternal antiretrovirals before and after birth...

Dr Tristan Barber and Jo Josh talk about HIV and ageing, including the health prospects for people living with HIV, and give advice for people to stay healthy...

Switching from an integrase inhibitor to another regimen did not reverse weight gain in two studies that tested alternative regimens, researchers reported at...

The largest study of new direct-acting antivirals yet conducted in people with hepatitis C genotype 1 who have compensated cirrhosis has shown that it is...

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It's almost 1000 days since the Government committed to ending new HIV transmissions by 2030 and we're still waiting for action. With the National AIDS Trust,...

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Given sex differences in viral reservoir dynamics, the role of oestrogen in maintaining viral latency and subtle immunological differences between women and...

An interferon- and ribavirin-free oral regimen of daclatasvir plus asunaprevir taken for 24 weeks led to sustained virological response (SVR12) in 85% of...

Three letters published in the March edition of The Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes have illustrated that there is still considerable...

South African women whose most recent sexual partner was circumcised are less likely to have HIV, suggesting that the voluntary medical male circumcision...

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Although the introduction of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for TB and drug-resistant TB has improved the time from clinic presentation to second-line treatment in...

Regulatory agencies in the United States and European Union have warned that women with HIV who can become pregnant should not use the integrase inhibitor...

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A regimen containing six drugs was more likely to cure multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) than a regimen containing five drugs, a nine-country...

The lifetime risk of being diagnosed with HIV in the US has decreased overall during the past decade, falling to 1 in 99, according to a study from the Centers...

News and research from The Liver Meeting 2017, organised by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), which took place in Washington...

The recent trial of the candidate microbicide cellulose sulphate (Ushercell) was closed because of 35 seroconversions amongst trial subjects, all of which...

Lifetime risk of acquiring HIV has decreased for Black gay and bisexual men in the US, from 1 in 2 from 2010 to 2014 to 1 in 3 from 2017 to 2021, according to...

People with viral hepatitis who smoked were three times more likely to die after being diagnosed with liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC), according...

The National AIDS Trust (NAT) and the British HIV Association (BHIVA) have issued best practice guidance to support asylum seekers living with HIV while they...

A study of cryptococcal meningitis incidence in people with HIV in Botswana shows that incidence has halved since 2015 and that the decline is correlated to...

Many people living with HIV have other health conditions as well.

The gold-mining sector came under heavy criticism from clinicians, ex-miners, advocacy groups and the Minister of Health for the tuberculosis crisis it faces...

Starting anti-HIV treatment improves your health, suppresses HIV and helps to strengthen your immune system. But treatment can also cause side effects,...

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Using rifampin-based therapy alongside a triple antiretroviral regimen that contains drugs from the NNRTI class (either nevirapine or efavirenz) does not...