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IRIN Staff Kampala, Uganda (IRIN) – Uganda’s National Drug Authority recently arrested sales representatives of a company selling a drug that purports to cure HIV; the firm’s owners are not licensed to sell medicine and are being sought by the police. The drug, known as Virol ZAPPER, was being sold in 37-milliliter liquid doses, each [...]

THURSDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) — Although HIV/AIDS continues to be an epidemic with no cure, thanks to powerful medications more HIV-infected Americans are living longer and healthier lives, federal health officials said Thursday. View full post on All Stories

The Texas HIV Medication Program (THMP) established in 1987 has been a source of financial support and security for low income residents of Texas living with HIV/AIDS by providing assistance with paying for their life sustaining medications. This… View full post on All Stories

(MedPage Today) — About 10% of HIV-positive children in a European cohort were resistant to medications in all three of the original anti-retroviral drug classes, researchers reported. View full post on All Stories

On Thursday, a state Senate finance subcommittee approved a budget proposal under which the Texas HIV Medication Program for low-income patients would be unable to afford new clients. However, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (R), president of the Senate, said later that he expects “lifesaving drugs will be included” in any final budget. The subcommittee’s chair, [...]

Boosting the number of antiretrovirals (ARVs) administered to treat acute and early HIV infection is not effective, according to a study presented at this week’s 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston. Forty-eight weeks into the 96-week study, patients receiving five drugs had equivalent amounts of HIV RNA in their blood compared to [...]

It is estimated that 38 million people worldwide are currently infected with HIV and that 4.1 million more are added each year. For scientists to design treatment therapies that are effective over the long-term it is essential to learn more about how the virus mutates and develops resistance to medications. New, groundbreaking research by University [...]

It is estimated that 38 million people worldwide are currently infected with HIV and that 4.1 million more are added each year. For scientists to design treatment therapies that are effective over the long-term it is essential to learn more about how the virus mutates and develops resistance to medications. View full post on All [...]

New York, NY, United States (NewsBahn) – An international rights organization is accusing state governments in the southern United States of a “public health failure” that has seen the number of HIV/AIDS cases in the region rise the most in the nation because of policies that are ineffective and discriminate against people with the virus. [...]

A single daily tablet was found to lower HIV risk by 43.8% to 72.8% among high risk uninfected individuals. The tablet, brand name Truvada, contains emtricitabine and tenofovir (FTC/TDF), two commonly used HIV medications. Some sexually active gay men who are not infected may benefit from taking this medication. The results of the study, called [...]