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Delicate foreskin is vulnerable to HIV as it can tear easily and it is also a common route for the virus to enter someones body (Photo: AFP)

HIV prevention pill reaching more people who need it

Study found self-reported PrEP use among men is approximately doubling each year.

10 Sept 2018 10:55 AM IST

Some 37 million people worldwide have the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. (Photo: Pixabay)

HIV trials show new treatment could suppress virus for six months

The infusion offers hope of an alternative to the daily regimen of drugs that people living with HIV have to take to...

27 Sept 2018 2:23 PM IST

Swamy Nithyananda

Swami Nithyananda delivers a brain freeze

From cows speaking in Tamil and Sanskrit to debunking Einstein's theory of relativity, Swami Nithyananda has an answer...

21 Sept 2018 12:54 AM IST

The year 2015 saw an estimated 760,000 deaths due to HIV/AIDS, which has dropped from a million in 2010. (Photo: AP)

HIV/AIDS no longer the leading cause of death in Africa

Data released by WHO says HIV deaths decreased, while there is increase in deaths of patients with lower respiratory...

24 Aug 2017 11:10 AM IST

In this Wednesday, June 20, 1990 file photo, Britains Princess Diana takes shelter under an umbrella while attending the second day of the Royal Ascot horse race meet near London. (Photo: AP)

Diana: the fashionista who shook up the royal dress code

Diana has become a fashion icon -- timeless, elegant, and still so relevant.

16 Aug 2017 1:55 PM IST

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...

29 Nov 2016 3:31 PM IST

Seventy-five per cent (24 out of 32 states across India) reported missing and trafficked children as a third major concern. (Photo: PTI)

Child labour, trafficking major issues, claims report

All states in east and Northeast India reported on issues of children affected by AIDS.

25 Nov 2016 1:41 AM IST

A vaccine against the virus that causes AIDS has come closer to reality after a recent study found that the immune system may keep body from neutralizing HIV-1 virus (Photo: Pixabay)

Body's immune system helping HIV?

Researchers say body's own immune system might be getting in the way of neutralizing the HIV-1 virus.

12 July 2017 2:48 PM IST

Manvendra Singh Gohil, Indias 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 IST

Manvendra Singh Gohil. (Photo: Videograb)

Gay prince on front line of India's war against AIDS

India has the third highest number of HIV/AIDS cases in the world according to the United Nations, with about 2.1...

19 Jan 2017 1:02 PM IST

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 IST

ndias AIDS epidemic is slowing down, with a 32 per cent decline in new HIV infections (86,000 in 2015).

Compulsory HIV screening during pregnancy likely

The agenda of the government now is to reduce mother-to-child transmission.

16 Jan 2017 2:21 AM IST