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9 JUNE 2023 VOLUME 25 ISSUE 23

Media Coverage

  • Close Inequalities To End AIDS & Prepare For Future Pandemics

    The COVID-19 crisis has shone a light on the danger of pandemics; social crises have shone a light on the danger of inequalities. And the reality is that outbreaks become the pandemics they do because of inequality. The good news is that both can be overcome – if they are confronted as one.

    June 9, 2023
    General
    Africa

  • HIV Alarm in Uganda As Anti-Gay Law Forces LGBT ‘Lockdown’

    The HIV/AIDS treatment centre in Kampala is almost empty, days after Uganda enacted one of the most draconian anti-gay laws on Earth. The usual daily influx of around 50 patients has all but dried up, say staff. Antiretroviral drugs pile up unused.

    June 8, 2023
    General
    Reuters

  • Here’s Why Most At-Risk Populations Don’t Use HIV Prevention Drugs

    It’s been over a decade since the Food and Drug Administration first approved a medication to prevent HIV. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates just 30 percent of the 1.2 million Americans who could benefit from pre-exposure prophylaxis, known as PrEP, were prescribed the drug in 2021.

    June 8, 2023
    General
    USA Today

  • Advances in HIV Vaccine Research Show Promise for Prevention

    Affecting millions worldwide, HIV infections are still among the most significant challenges facing global health. Despite notable advances in treatment options, an effective vaccine is urgently needed to prevent new infections and contain the HIV pandemic. In recent years, several promising approaches have emerged from research into vaccines against the HIV virus, focusing on different vaccine platforms and employing innovative strategies.

    June 8, 2023
    HIV Vaccine
    Medscape

  • HIV Prevention Drug Uptake Threatened in Obamacare Battle

    HIV-prevention treatment costs have been an on-and-off burden for Henry Henderson over the past six years. Pre-exposure prophylaxis medication, or PrEP as it’s more commonly known, has been “a godsend,” Henderson said. A child of the ‘90s, an era when AIDS became the leading cause of death for young Americans, he can’t understate the “peace of mind and feeling free not to worry much” about contracting HIV.

    June 7, 2023
    PrEP
    Bloomberg Law

  • Public Health Experts Advise Clinicians to Be on the Lookout for New Mpox Cases

    As cities rev up for summer festivals, Pride celebrations, or other large events, public health officials have warned clinicians that the season could also bring a resurgence in mpox cases. In May, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert cautioning that community transmission is ongoing. Case in point: during a recent 3-week period, the Chicago Department of Public Health received reports of 1 probable and 12 confirmed mpox cases.

    June 7, 2023
    General
    JAMA Network

  • Research Continues in Curing HIV Via Stem Cell Transplant

    Stem cell transplantation shows promise as a potential cure for HIV, according to research from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) published in the journal Immunity. According to the investigators, these findings may accelerate efforts in developing a widespread cure for HIV, which has infected approximately 38 million individuals worldwide.

    June 7, 2023
    Cure
    Pharmacy Times

  • HIV Self-Test Kits Convenient, Reduce Stigma, Experts

    Health experts assert that self-testing is the best strategy to address the issue of HIV related stigma. In regard, about five years ago, government through the Health Ministry launched the HIV self-test strategy. The self-test kits are additional testing tool to those in the routine testing mechanism. The only difference is that it is individuals that test themselves says the HIV/AIDS control program manager at the health ministry, Dr. Joshua Musinguzi.

    June 6, 2023
    General
    New Vision

  • People With HIV Have Greater Risk of Ill Health Than Others After Hepatitis C Cure

    People with HIV who were cured of hepatitis C remained at higher risk of a number of serious health outcomes including liver disease and heart disease than people without HIV in the five years after being cured, even after controlling for liver disease stage, the AIDS Clinical Trials Group reports in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

    June 6, 2023
    General
    aidsmap

  • Gonorrhoea and Syphilis Sex Infections Reach Record Levels in England

    England is seeing record high levels of gonorrhoea and syphilis sexually transmitted infections, following a dip during COVID-19 years, new figures reveal. People are being urged to practise safe sex to protect themselves and get tested if they may be at risk.

    June 6, 2023
    General
    BBC

  • HIV Protection, Cancer Screenings Could Cost More if ‘Obamacare’ Loses Latest Court Battle

    A judge’s order that would eliminate requirements that health insurance plans include cost-free coverage of HIV-preventing drugs, cancer screenings and various other types of preventive care should remain on hold while it is appealed, the Biden administration argued before an appellate panel Tuesday.

    June 6, 2023
    General
    Washington Post

  • HIV Cure: Latest Clues From Primates

    New research conducted by Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has shed light on the mechanisms behind the cure of HIV in at least five individuals who underwent stem cell transplants. The findings of the study, published in the journal Immunity, have the potential to advance the development of a widespread cure for HIV, which has infected approximately 38 million people worldwide.

    June 6, 2023
    Cure
    Plus Magazine

  • Four Communication Lessons We Learned the Hard Way During the Pandemic

    Now that the Covid-19 public health emergency has ended, it’s awfully tempting to put the pandemic firmly behind us. But now is the time to look at what we have learned so that our public health communication can be more clear, consistent, and effective from now on. One thing that we haven’t talked about enough is the victories.

    June 6, 2023
    General
    STAT

  • How To Protect PrEP Coverage, No Matter What Happens in Braidwood v. Becerra

    Since a Texas judge’s decision dropped earlier this spring, Braidwood v. Becerra has sent shudders down public health’s spine. Similar to earlier contraceptive mandate cases, Braidwood involves plaintiff-employers who object to paying for health insurance that includes coverage of disease screenings and PrEP for HIV on moral grounds.

    June 5, 2023
    PrEP
    STAT

  • Media a Key Ally in Promoting Health for All

    World Health Organisation Zimbabwe country Representative, Professor Jean Marie Dangou has emphasized the need for media to collaborate with stakeholders in the healthcare sector in order to create an informed society. He said this while welcoming health Journalists and members of the Health Communicators Forum (HCF) in Zimbabwe to a Media Science Café on COVID-19 that was held at the WHO Offices in Harare.

    June 5, 2023
    General
    Health Times

  • Institute Develops Infrastructure To Treat Persons Living With HIV/AIDS

    The Institute of HumanVirology, Nigeria (IHVN) has said that it has addressed the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) crisis in Nigeria by developing infrastructure for treatment, care, prevention, and support for people living with HIV/AIDS.

    June 4, 2023
    General
    The Guardian

  • Huge Drop in Matabeleland South HIV Prevalence

    Matabeleland South province is making considerable strides in combating HIV and AIDS amid concerns that the province is characterised by high population movements. The province shares borders with South Africa and Botswana. Beitbridge and Plumtree are entry points into the two countries respectively.

    June 4, 2023
    General
    The Standard

  • Gauging the Influence of Immigration on Hepatitis B in the United States

    The prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the US is significantly higher than previously estimated, according to a new modeling study which accounts for HBV infection and control in the origin countries of immigrants to the US.

    June 4, 2023
    General
    Contagion Live

  • Can a Brush of the Gums Indicate if You Have HIV? An Oral Self-Test Aims To Do Just That

    A quick brush of the gums and you'll know your HIV status. No blood required. That's the kind of painless, fast and accurate HIV testing researchers at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto are hoping will become the norm for Canadians as the researchers test OraQuick, a rapid oral self-test that will deliver results in 20 minutes.

    June 3, 2023
    General
    CBC

  • Geingos Applauds Progress on Reducing HIV Deaths

    First lady Monica Geingos applauded the Ministry of Health and Social Services’ leadership in reducing HIV deaths by 60 percent in the last two decades. She was speaking at the opening of a free medical check-up campaign at the Namibia Children’s Home in Windhoek on Wednesday. The medical team doing the check-ups, led by professor Huang Shwei, is from China and were organised by the Chinese embassy.

    June 3, 2023
    General
    Namibian

  • The US Must Heed the Lessons of PEPFAR

    IAS – the International AIDS Society – is concerned that proposed reforms to the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) come at the expense of its greatest strength – its high-level position within the administration and efforts in the HIV response. We urge the US government to build on PEPFAR’s success strategies in responding to present and future pandemics.

    June 2, 2023
    General
    POZ Magazine

  • What You Need to Know About Gonorrhea

    Gonorrhea (also known to many as the clap) can happen any time people have sex. In the United States, gonorrhea is the second most commonly reported bacterial communicable disease, with more than 600,000 cases reported in 2020, a 45 percent increase from 2016.

    June 2, 2023
    General
    TheBody

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