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The team coated nanoparticles with the antibody to BSA, or bovine serum albumin, which is commonly used as the basis of a variety of diagnostic tests to help detect AIDS and Syphillis faster. (Photo: Pixabay)

New method may lead to faster diagnosis of HIV

Using nanocience and a magnetic phenomenon can give faster results to patients

20 Jan 2017 1:53 PM

Manvendra Singh Gohil, India's first gay royal and AIDS activist. (Photo: AFP)

Gay prince fights India’s war against AIDS

Gohil has been part of a campaign against the colonial-era law that bans homosexual acts in India

20 Jan 2017 1:23 AM

Marijuana grows at a medical marijuana cultivation centre in Albion, Illinois. (Photo: AP )

The need to know risks and benefits of marijuana

The current lack of scientific information poses a public health risk.

17 Jan 2017 2:14 AM

Mumbai woman says blood transfusion made her HIV positive

The commission had awarded Rs 5 lakh in compensation to her and, not satisfied with this, the woman moved the apex court.

10 Jan 2017 1:37 AM

A class of drugs called integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) targets the machinery, known as the “intasome,” and are already approved to treat HIV in the US and Europe. (Representational Image)

Scientists crack atomic make-up of HIV system

Despite being some of best drugs available, scientists have only gained a limited understanding of precise mechanism of action of INSTIs.

07 Jan 2017 6:24 AM

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates (Photo: AP)

Bill Gates invests $140 million in HIV cure

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is providing this funding for groundbreaking new technology which could revolutionise HIV prevention.

05 Jan 2017 5:29 AM

Family physician Leslie Hayes (left) interviews a pregnant 40-year-old mother (right, obscured) being treated for an addiction to heroin with the anti-craving medication Subutex, at the El Centro Family Health medical clinic in Espanola, New Mexico. (Photo: AP)

Long-distance training model antidote to drug addiction

Project ECHO’s long-distance training for physicians, their assistants and nurse practitioners mimics the mentoring that interns.

03 Jan 2017 1:38 AM

Many reports even had results of HIV, pregnancy and tuberculosis tests, and went viral on social sites after the leak. (Representational Image)

BMC to send pathology lab show-cause notice over data leak

The leaked data contained the test results of patients, along with vital details like name, age, address and contact numbers.

11 Dec 2016 4:27 AM

The victim said she was receiving proper treatment; doctors were checking on her twice and keeping proper tabs on her health at the Nair Hospital.

HIV positive patient turned away from Nair hospital gets NGO shelter

The MDACS has offered to put up the patient at a Trombay-based shelter run by NGO Niramay Niketan for her rehabilitation.

07 Dec 2016 6:00 AM

The patient, whose name is being withheld, undergoes treatment at Nair Hospital.

Nair Hospital treats HIV+ sex worker

The course will be started in December for all state and civic-run hospitals.

03 Dec 2016 3:44 AM

The teenagers said they were spurred to try recreate the drug after Shkreli became a global figure of hate by buying the rights to Daraprim and then hiking the price in the United States from $13.50 a tablet to $750.

Pharma world ‘bad boy’ Martin Shkreli’s mocks Aussie students’ feat

Shkreli, who hiked life-saving HIV drug price, tweeted some sarcastic remarks about students' who successful recreated it.

02 Dec 2016 3:40 PM

JP Nadda said the India will be free from HIV by 2030 at an event to mark World AIDS Day.(Photo: PTI)

India to be HIV free by 2030, claims Health Minister JP Nadda

The Union Health Minister said that the Centre has taken major policy decisions towards strengthening the fight against the epidemic.

02 Dec 2016 2:31 PM

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV refers to the spread of disease from an infected woman to her child during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding (through breast milk).

Fresh guidelines to cut mother-to-child HIV transmission

According to MDACS, 5.7 per cent of total number of HIV infections occur due to transmission of disease from mothers to their unborn child.

02 Dec 2016 3:44 AM

Miami has overthrown Baton Rouge, Louisiana as the riskiest city for HIV (Photo: AFP)

Miami opens first needle exchange to curb HIV

'We have a serious heroin epidemic. We were a cocaine town, but now we have this transition into opiate use.'

01 Dec 2016 2:25 PM

A visitor to the NGO Impulse Me's charity event to raise awareness ahead of World AIDS day takes photo of art work depicting condoms in Beijing, China. (Photo: AP)

Two lakh Chinese die of AIDS in just 1 year

From January to September, 2,321 students, aged between 15 to 24, tested positive for HIV/AIDS, 4.1 times more than in 2010.

01 Dec 2016 4:16 AM

The patient — whose name is being withheld as per a 1998 Supreme Court order that bars disclosure of HIV+ patients’ identities to protect their fundamental right of privacy and uphold doctor-patient relationships — is diabetic.

Mumbai hospital deny medical treatment to HIV positive sex worker

Kamlakar B. Phand, director of the Maharashtra State Aids Control Society, said stringent action will be taken against those guilty.

01 Dec 2016 3:42 AM

WHO’s green signal to HIV self-testing

Today, 40 per cent of all people with HIV (over 14 million) remain unaware of their status.

01 Dec 2016 2:58 AM

Twenty-three countries currently have national regulations that support HIV self-testing (Photo: AFP)

Self testing for HIV patients promoted by WHO

HIV self-testing involves the use of oral Fluid or finger pricks to determine an individual’s personal HIV status in a private setting.

30 Nov 2016 6:23 PM

Despite treatment advances that have slashed AIDS deaths, around 1.9 million people still catch HIV each year (Photo: AFP)

Implants to prevent HIV for a year being tested

Injections to protect vulnerable groups such as gay men and women in Africa for at least two months also being developed.

30 Nov 2016 11:11 AM

On average it takes almost four years before an HIV infection is diagnosed and reported. (Photo: AP)

1 in 7 with HIV in Europe unaware of infection

People who do not know they are infected cannot benefit from life-saving treatment, and can continue to transmit the virus to others.

29 Nov 2016 3:31 PM

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