What the discovery of a new HIV strain means for the epidemic
The discovery of a rare new strain of HIV for the first time in nearly 20 years recently made headlines around the world. The big…
Tag: HIV / AIDS
PrEP users experience less HIV-related anxiety: Australian study
This benefit should be used to promote the drug among eligible men, researcher says.
A confession reveals the cause of debilitating knee pain
Julian, 32, presents with a painful left knee that he can’t explain. When his partner leaves the exam room, he reveals something that might help …
AHPRA wants new rules for doctors with HIV
Treating doctors will have to report patients who fail to undergo viral load testing.
Brain may hold ‘reservoirs’ of HIV
The discovery underlines the difficulty in curing the illness, as opposed to simply suppressing the virus, researchers say.
Almost twice as many men need to be on PrEP to stymie HIV
The good news is that new diagnoses have hit an 18-year low: latest report.
Early uptake of HIV treatment triples in a decade
Study on ART follows news of the seventh reported case of HIV transmission in a patient taking PrEP.
HIV remission observed in only second patient ever
The second case of remission, 10 years after the first, could be a road map for future gene therapy, say researchers.
Checkpoint inhibitors seem safe against cancer in HIV patients
Previously, they were excluded from clinical trials.
