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Willingness to talk about condoms, is one of the strongest predictors of whether a couple will engage in safer sex. (Photo: Pixabay)

Online health programs promote safe-sex skills in teen girls

Other improvements that persisted after four months included more positive attitudes about condoms, increased knowledge...

7 Dec 2017 1:46 PM IST

Marijuana is already easily available and hence many are getting easily hooked on to it.

Find out how marijuana might be helpful for HIV patients

Study has found that marijuana might really help HIV patients keep mental stamina longer.

13 Dec 2017 8:11 AM IST

Shifa is a play within a play where three real characters share their life experiences with the audience through a play on HIV+ that a group of actors are staging.

About positivity of life, and searching within oneself

The play is a moving piece of writing that conveys a sense of despair and hope at the same time.

13 Dec 2017 2:43 AM IST

HIV infected cell (Photo: Pixabay)

Now a nasal spray to fight HIV

Study sees virus spreading through brain, suggests creating nose spray to combat it

20 Jun 2017 7:08 PM IST

Patentiflorin A represents a novel anti-HIV agent that can be added to the current anti-HIV drug cocktail (Photo: Pixabay)

Medicinal plant found in Asia can cure HIV

Researchers analysed the extract along with thousands of others as part of their efforts to identify new drugs against...

19 Jun 2017 6:42 PM IST

Condoms can be bought cheaply but sex workers and other vulnerable groups hesitate to purchase them from stores because of deep-rooted social taboos. (Photo: Pixabay)

Free condom store launched in India

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) said the initiative was the first of its kind.

26 April 2017 8:24 PM IST

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.

3 Dec 2016 3:44 AM IST

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...

2 Dec 2016 3:40 PM IST

$\Our concerted efforts and strategies have been able to see a success story of India.\ (Photo: PTI))$ India

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...

2 Dec 2016 2:31 PM IST

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...

2 Dec 2016 3:44 AM IST

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.'

1 Dec 2016 2:25 PM IST

A visitor to the NGO Impulse Mes 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...

1 Dec 2016 4:16 AM IST