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$Berlin mayor Michael Mueller congratulated the happy couples and described the first gay nuptials as a \historic event\. (Photo: AFP)$ Life

Drop in HIV cases as controversial PrEP prophylactic drug spreads

According to study, it is the first time that cases in high-risk group have decreased since epidemic started in the...

5 Oct 2017 10:21 AM IST

A scanning electron micrograph of multiple round bumps of the HIV-1 virus on a cell surfaceRepresentational Image. (Photo: AP)

Scientists decode how HIV hacks cells

Scientists discover previously unknown details about how HIV, may offer new avenue for drugs to combat the virus.

9 Nov 2017 9:16 AM IST

A scanning electron micrograph of multiple round bumps of the HIV-1 virus on a cell surfaceRepresentational Image. (Photo: AP)

Scientists develop smartphone-based test which can detect HIV in...

The mobile test uses surface acoustic wave (SAW) biochips, which are based on microelectronic components found in...

30 Sept 2017 8:16 AM IST

HIV excels at evading the immune system by hiding out in certain immune cells. (Photo: Pixabay)

HIV vaccine closer to reality: Single jab protects monkeys for 18...

Scientists are edging closer to a long-term preventative HIV vaccine, new research suggests.

18 April 2018 2:10 PM IST

Aakash Ganju and Aditi Hazara-Ganju

Tech for good

With the sole goal of creating healthy childhoods in low-income families, a couple is using technology to make a...

11 Jun 2019 12:30 AM IST

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)

Mozambique to tackle spread of AIDS by circumcising 1 lakh men

Male circumcision has been found to reduce chances of HIV among men by 60 percent according to the World Health...

2 May 2018 12:41 PM IST

Introduction of single-tablet medication represented leap forward in ART dosing, and long-active anti-retroviral injections may represent the next revolution in HIV therapy (Photo: Pixabay)

HIV patients may soon be offered a once-a-month injection to keep AIDS...

Results from landmark trial show that monthly injection is as effective as daily cocktail of ART medication parents have...

16 Aug 2018 2:00 PM IST

The MDACS has informed all blood banks in the city that all blood donors who have tested positive for HIV have to regularly visit these centres for further treatment.

FDA approves two new HIV drugs from Merck

The drugs have been approved to treat adults with the most common strain of the virus, HIV-1.

1 Sept 2018 11:10 AM IST

John Valverde speaks during a meeting while seated next to Chiffawn Johnson, a talent acquisition manager and human resources generalist at YouthBuild USA, Inc., in Somerville. (Photo: AP)

Once a killer, now a CEO: Ex-con works to turn youths around

He spent 16 years in prison for killing a man accused of raping his girlfriend.

26 Dec 2016 12:27 PM IST