A study by a team of researchers in the university of California in Los Angeles could prove to be vital in finding cure for HIV in the future. The UCLA led study continues research on a strategy called kick and kill which many of the same scientists described in a 2017 paper. The approach gently arranges the virus to reveal itself in infected cells so it can then be targeted and killed.

Researchers in University of California conduct study for finding cure of HIV

On a visit to a public hospital in a farming community in November, I saw something that astonished me. Empty beds. Rows of them, their black plastic-covered mattresses stripped of sheets.

In Southern Africa, success against HIV offers hope for beating back another virus

The fight against the HIV has been raging around the world for quite some time. As a huge respite, an injectable medication has been approved for prevention against HIV by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States.

In a first, injectable medication for prevention from HIV gets FDA nod in US

The new variant of Covid- Omicron, was first detected in South Africa on November 24. Ever since then, the variant has been rapidly spreading all across the world.

Is HIV behind the emergence of Omicron? Here is what we know so far

British defence ministry said that it is planning to allow HIV positive people to join British armed forces if they no longer carry detectable amount of the virus.

British armed forces plan to allow people with HIV to join

According to a new report by WHO, HIV drug resistance is on the rise. The report has also found that the number of people with the virus being treated with antiretrovirals has also increased to 27.

Resistance to HIV drug on rise, finds WHO report

University of Harvard scientists have identified the second person, known as the 'Esperanza Patient' whose body has been able to get rid of HIV on its own without the use of antiretroviral drugs.

Scientists identify second HIV patient whose body got rid of the deadly virus itself

Amid concerns of Sputnik V vaccine allegedly causing HIV in men, Namibia has also decided to suspend the use of the Russian vaccine. The African country announced on Saturday that the health experts and government officials studied the reports of negative effects of the Sputnik vaccine and therefore decided to discontinue the use of Sputnik V.

Namibia suspends use of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine due to concerns of HIV infection

South Africa's health products regulator on Monday said that it would not approve Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine as it could increase the risk of HIV infection among men.

South Africa rejects Sputnik V vaccine over HIV fears

In a phase-one clinical trial that began on Monday, researchers at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom gave the first doses of a potential HIV vaccine to volunteers.

HIV vaccine trial begins at Oxford after 40 years since the first reported case of AIDS

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has spun off multiple mutations that have spiked numbers in second waves across the world, most recently in India. Now, a new study has revealed an unsettling case of Covid-related mutation.

HIV+ woman had COVID-19 for over 6 months which mutated 30 times: Study

Forty years ago this month the first men began dying of a mysterious disease in California that would later be identified as AIDS. It would go on to claim millions of lives across the world.

Four decades of AIDS: A Timeline

Dedra Spears Johnson was working as a social worker in a suburb of the US capital Washington at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1990s when she concluded Black women's needs weren't being met by efforts to fight the disease.

Forty years on, Black Americans disproportionately hit by HIV

By Ronald C Desrosiers Smallpox has been eradicated from the face of the Earth following a highly effective, worldwide vaccination campaign. Paralytic poliomyelitis is no longer a problem in the US because of the development and use of effective vaccines against the poliovirus.

HIV/AIDS vaccine: Why don’t we have one after 37 years, when we have several for COVID-19 after a few months?

New early stage data from a clinical trial suggests progress for a vaccine to fight against HIV. The trials, conducted by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California may bring respite after 30 years of vaccine attempts against HIV, which is the virus responsible for causing AIDS if not treated.

New trials for potential HIV vaccine show optimistic results

A woman in Argentina has defeated AIDS 'naturally'. Scientists say this discover raises hopes of a cure. Are we a step closer to defeating HIV? WION's Palki Sharma brings you a report.

Gravitas: Woman in Argentina defeats Aids 'naturally'

The second person ever to naturally cure their HIV has been identified in Argentina, raising hopes for a future cure. The discovery was announced by a group of Harvard-based scientists at an international meeting for HIV experts.

Argentina: Second person known to be naturally cured of HIV raises hopes for millions

If a new book is to be believed, Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) seems to have begun during World War I. In the book, author and Canadian microbiologist Jacques Pepin appeared to have traced the beginning of the AIDS epidemic to a starving World War I soldier, who captured and ate infected animals, according to different media reports.

Book claims to date back origins of AIDS to World War I

The clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine candidate being developed in Australia has been scrapped after trial participants returned false-positive test results for HIV, the developers announced on Friday.

Australia ends COVID-19 vaccine trials after participants develop antibodies for HIV

The status of HIV/AIDS epidemic in north-eastern states of India is indeed alarming, said a report by the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO). The AIDS-related mortality per 1,00,000 population in India was estimated to be the highest in Manipur (36.

Spread of HIV/AIDS in Northeast India alarming: Report

As the world is waiting for a COVID-19 vaccine to be launched soon, some scientists have revealed a startling discovery claiming that the vaccines might increase the risk of HIV.

Few COVID-19 vaccines may increase risk of HIV infections: Researchers

Timothy Ray Brown, the first person to be successfully cured of HIV has died due to cancer, the International Aids society announced on Wednesday. Famously known as the “Berlin Patient”, Brown had made history when he was cured of HIV more than ten years ago.

'The Berlin patient' - First person to be cured of HIV dies due to cancer

In South Africa the pandemic has disrupted the supply of antiretroviral drugs, endangering the lives of many people who take the medications that suppress the HIV virus.

South Africa disrupts HIV drug supply: 7.7 million HIV patients in the country

Deaths from HIV, tuberculosis and malaria could surge in poor and middle-income countries as already weak health systems grapple with severe disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a predictive study published on Monday.

Surge in deaths due to HIV, tuberculosis and malaria amid coronavirus pandemic: Study

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