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HIV drug found to prevent transmission of AIDS-causing virus to sexual partners
An HIV drug has been found to prevent transmission of the AIDS-causing virus during unprotected sex.
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Need 2 Know: Second Migrant Child Dies, Bizarre Kevin Spacey Video
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018.
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Measuring how far Canada has come on World Aids Day
HIV educator John McCullagh says Canada can do a lot more to help people with HIV and AIDS.
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Mutated HIV strains spark faster developing AIDS-related illnesses
New research suggests mutated strains of HIV in Saskatchewan are leaving infected people vulnerable to faster development of AIDS-related illnesses.
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Plastic surgery fake?
CBC News Investigates | Patients of a suspected fake Delta, B.C., plastic surgeon are being told to get tested for HIV and hepatitis
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Coping With HIV in South Africa
New research done in South Africa highlights the importance of counseling for those diagnosed with HIV. 30% of people who discover they have the virus fail to get the medicine they need because they are scared of what others may think.
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Dr. Julio Montaner on the war against AIDS
Dr. Montaner, who pioneered the AIDS cocktail, says people with HIV still face stigma and persecution, even in Canada.
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Quebec pioneer in HIV/AIDS research to be inducted into Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
Dr. Catherine Hankins discovered the connection between intravenous drug injection and HIV rates among women and helped create CACTUS Montréal, North America's first needle-exchange program. Her contribution as the co-chair of the COVID...
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World AIDS Day: "Stigma around HIV does still exist"
Euronews Culture speaks to a representative of the Terrence Higgins Trust in the UK, to talk about the charity, the shifting perceptions around HIV and the lasting stigma in many people’s mindsets.
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‘Face It Alone’: Queen release previously unheard Freddie Mercury song
31 years after his death, and eight years since the last release, Queen have found a previously unheard Freddie Mercury vocal...
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Antibiotic resistance killed more people than HIV or malaria in 2019, says a new study
Deaths from previously treatable infections such as pneumonia are rising as antibiotic resistance grows worldwide.
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Argentine woman may be second person to naturally recover from HIV
The HIV virus appears to have disappeared from this patient's body, researchers said.
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Argentine may be second person to naturally recover from HIV
The HIV virus appears to have disappeared from this patient's body, researchers said.
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Strained Sask. health resources led to 30% drop in HIV testing during pandemic
HIV testing has dropped by 30 per cent in Saskatchewan since the start of the pandemic because resources have been redirected to fight COVID-19. The province's HIV rate is three times the national average and experts say it could be...
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Scientists tout new HIV prevention method
December 1 is World AIDS Day, and while more people will die from COVID-19 this year than AIDS-related illnesses, the UN is worried about setbacks.
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Vancouver biotech firm looking for a COVID-19 cure
Vancouver biotech firm AbCellera is looking for a COVID-19 cure. They believe antivirals, like those used to treat HIV, could be the key.
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Eswatini fears decades of progress in fight against HIV could be undone by US funding cuts
The HIV pandemic still claims a life every minute. While progress has been made, there were 1.3 million new HIV infections last year and more than 600,000 AIDS-related deaths. Eswatini has seen new infections drop by 70% since 2010 but...
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US medication safety agency approves biannual preventive HIV shot
The drug, called Lenacapavir, nearly eliminated new infections in two groundbreaking studies of people at high risk, better than daily preventive pills they can forget to take.
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Haiti health officials meet to discuss shortage of HIV/AIDS medication
The reduced stock is a result of aid cuts implemented by US President Donald Trump’s administration.
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Haiti running out of HIV medication due to USAID funding cuts
More than 150,000 people in Haiti have HIV or AIDS, although the number is believed to be much higher
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Global life expectancy plunges as WHO warns of deepening health crisis Post-COVID
Furthermore, recent disruptions in international aid threaten to destabilize progress, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The WHO is calling for sustained and predictable financing from both domestic and global sources to...
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Toronto gynecology office linked to potential hepatitis, HIV exposure
Patients say they feel violated after potentially being exposed to blood-borne infections at a Toronto gynecology office where medical tools were not properly cleaned. CBC’s Talia Ricci has details from Toronto Public Health — and...
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US grants to South African HIV/AIDS groups terminated
The Trump administration has terminated the contracts of some 10,000 projects receiving US Agency for International Development (USAID) grants – including HIV, malaria, and humanitarian aid projects.
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HIV rates dropping globally, but up in Canada
Between 2010 and 2021, new HIV infections decreased globally by almost 22 per cent, suggests a new study from The Lancet HIV medical journal. But in Canada, the opposite is happening: in 2023, there was a 35 per cent increase compared to...