The World Health Organization published new data this week revealing that tuberculosis has become the world’s leading infectious killer. About…
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HIV prevention drug 100 percent effective, latest study suggests
A study published Tuesday in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases showed the controversial daily pill preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prevented HIV…
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Ex-Iowa State scientist gets prison for faking HIV research
A former Iowa State University scientist who altered blood samples to make it appear he had achieved a breakthrough toward…
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New contraceptive ring aims to protect against both pregnancy and HIV
For decades, the condom has been the only form of contraceptive widely used to prevent both unplanned pregnancies and the…
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Rapid evolution of HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, is slowing its ability to cause AIDS, according to a study of…
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AIDS campaigners say pandemic has finally reached tipping point
LONDON – The world has finally reached “the beginning of the end” of the AIDS pandemic that has infected and…
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South African scientists map HIV antibodies in vaccine hunt
Scientists in South Africa have mapped the evolution of an antibody that kills different strains of the HIV virus, which…
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