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HIV Patient "First In Remission" Without Transplant, Say Researchers

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday July 7, 2020

A HIV-positive man in remission may be the first patient effectively cured of the illness without needing a bone marrow transplant, researchers said Tuesday in a potential breakthrough.

Life-Saving HIV Drugs Risk Running Out As COVID-19 Hits Supplies: WHO

World News | Reuters | Tuesday July 7, 2020

More than a third of the world's countries say they are at risk of running out of life-saving AIDS drugs because of disruptions to supply lines and other problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

WHO Stops Hydroxychloroquine, HIV Drug Trials Among COVID-19 Patients: Report

World News | ANI | Sunday July 5, 2020

The World Health Organisation on Saturday has stopped its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination of HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir for the treatment of hospitalised COVID-19 patients after they failed to reduce the death rate, Al Jazeera reported.

World Day Against Drug Abuse: UN Says, "Better Knowledge For Better Care"

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Friday June 26, 2020

World drug abuse day 2020: Around 35.6 million people across the world are victims of drug abuse according to the World Drug Report 2020, which is published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Young adults and teenagers account for the largest share of those using drugs and most of them suffer from HIV, Hepatitis C and other related di...

WHO Testing Interim Data From COVID-19 Trial On HIV Drugs

World News | Reuters | Thursday June 18, 2020

The World Health Organization is looking at interim data from its large multi-country trial of the combination of HIV drugs Lopinavir and Ritonavir to treat COVID-19 patients, the UN agency's chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Thursday.

Cover Drug Addicts, Sex Workers Under Social-Protection Schemes: Health Ministry

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 29, 2020

The Health Ministry has sought the inclusion of vulnerable groups such as drug addicts, transgender persons and those suffering from HIV/AIDS in the social protection schemes run by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, saying they are struggling for livelihood and shelter because of the coronavirus-forced lockdown.

Coronavirus "May Never Go Away," Warns WHO

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 14, 2020

The coronavirus may never go away and populations will have to learn to live with it just as they have HIV, the World Health Organization has warned, as the global death toll from the disease nears 300,000.

In Russia, A Black Market For HIV Drug For COVID-19 Treatment

World News | Reuters | Monday April 20, 2020

A black market has developed in Russia for an antiviral HIV drug explored as a possible treatment for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus, according to sellers, HIV activists and the head of the drug's main Russian producer.

Test, Protect, Inform: What HIV Can Teach Us About COVID-19

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday April 2, 2020

From being a killer in the shadows, to having its own international day and UN programme, HIV's emergence into a global reality can offer many lessons in how to respond to COVID-19, the head of the International Aids Society told AFP Thursday.

Indian-Origin Virologist In South Africa Dies Of Coronavirus Complications

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 1, 2020

Virologist Gita Ramjee has become the first Indian-origin South African to have died after contracting the novel coronavirus that has killed five in the country. Ms Ramjee, a vaccine scientist and an HIV prevention research leader, returned from London a week ago but reportedly showed no symptoms of COVID-19.

Coronavirus Patient Treated With HIV Drugs Tests Negative In Kerala

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 25, 2020

A British national who tested positive for coronavirus and was administered HIV antiretroviral drugs has now tested negative, doctors at the Ernakulam Medical College Hospital in Kochi, Kerala, said today.

Rajasthan Treats Coronavirus Patients With Swine Flu, Malaria, HIV Drugs

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Saturday March 14, 2020

Medicines used for the treatment of swine flu, malaria and HIV appear to have helped in the treatment of at least two coronavirus patients in Rajasthan, doctors and health officials in the state have told NDTV.

"Restricted Use" Of Anti-HIV Drugs On Coronavirus Patients Approved In India

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 5, 2020

The Drug Controller General of India has approved the "restricted use" of a combination of drugs used widely for controlling HIV infection in public health emergency for treating those affected by novel coronavirus (nCoV), official sources said on Wednesday.

Thailand Sees Apparent Success In Treating Coronavirus With Drug Cocktail

World News | Reuters | Sunday February 2, 2020

Thai doctors have seen success in treating severe cases of the new coronavirus with combination of medications for flu and HIV, with initial results showing vast improvement 48 hours after applying the treatment, they said on Sunday.

Facebook Disables Some Misleading Ads on HIV Prevention Drugs, Responding to Growing Outcry

Tony Romm, The Washington Post | Tuesday December 31, 2019

Facebook has quietly started removing some misleading ads about HIV prevention medication, responding to a deluge of activists, health experts and government regulators who said the tech giant had created the conditions for a public-health crisis.