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  • New AIDS Vaccine Protects Monkeys

    An experimental vaccine protected half of a batch of monkeys against a virus similar to the AIDS virus, scientists reported.

    July 2, 2015
    HIV Vaccine
    NBC News

  • Circumcision Denier Derided

    Circumcision reduces the risk of contracting HIV, most scientists agree, but the consensus is not universal. One dissenter is Ronald Goldman, a psychologist in Boston, in the US, who wrote to The Times yesterday decrying the use of the procedure as an HIV prophylactic.

    July 1, 2015
    Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
    The Times (South Africa)

  • At Last, Gold-Standard Evidence Backs Early Treatment of HIV

    The hotly anticipated START trial, designed to answer whether starting HIV treatment at a high CD4 count is preferable to delaying, has been halted more than a year early due to powerful evidence supporting early treatment.

    June 1, 2015
    Treatment
    Poz

  • Early Treatment Best for HIV, Study Confirms

    People who started taking AIDS drugs soon after they were diagnosed were healthier and had fewer side-effects than people who waited, a new study found. Researchers were so impressed by the results that they have stopped the study early and will offer the drugs to all the volunteers taking part.

    May 27, 2015
    Treatment
    NBC News

  • Choosing the Worst Time to Scale Back AIDS Research

    The search for an effective vaccine is in its most promising phase ever, with some 30 different candidates in the pipeline reflecting an exciting array of scientific approaches. But we don’t yet have all the tools we need, which is why it is the worst time to scale back on AIDS research.

    May 18, 2015
    HIV Vaccine
    The Hill

  • Nigeria: HIV Vaccine - Experts Explore Viable Options

    As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the HIV Vaccine Awareness Day today, an Associate Professor of Paediatric Dentistry and Consultant at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, Dr. Morenike Ukpong, has called for all hands to be on deck to ensure that all available HIV prevention methods reach people who need them.

    May 18, 2015
    HIV Vaccine
    All Africa

  • HIV Vaccines: Our Current Progress (Infographic)

    The Body shares an AVAC infographic for HIV Vaccine Awareness Day.

    May 15, 2015
    HIV Vaccine
    The Body

  • CROI 2015: The Future of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (Video)

    Mitchell Warren, Jean-Michel Molina, Myron Cohen, Jared Baeton and Simon Collins discuss the future of pre-exposure prophylaxis at CROI 2015.

    April 29, 2015
    PrEP
    The Body Pro

  • Implement HIV Remedies - Expert

    African nations should move towards implementation of interventions that have already been proved to work while awaiting a vaccine or cure for HIV and AIDS, a senior HIV and AIDS advocate has said.

    March 30, 2015
    General
    The Herald (Zimbabwe)

  • When HIV Infects the Brain

    A new study reports that the virus can infiltrate the central nervous system within months of infection.

    March 26, 2015
    General
    The Atlantic

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