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Delhi Man Critical After AI Advice: Risks Of HIV Drug Misuse Explained
A Delhi man was left critically ill after taking HIV preventive medication on an AI chatbot's advice without medical supervision. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is proven for HIV prevention when properly prescribed, but dangerous when AI gives it.
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"Fresh Hope": Groundbreaking HIV Prevention Shots Begin In Africa
South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia on Monday began administering a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention injection in the drug's first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world's highest HIV burden.
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EU Regulator Approves Twice-Yearly Injectable Drug For HIV Prevention
The European Medicines Agency has recommended authorizing a twice-yearly injectable drug aimed at preventing HIV, which scientists say could help end the virus' transmission.
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Why We Still Need A Cure For HIV Despite Powerful Treatments
Over the past three decades there have been amazing advances in treating and preventing HIV.
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Revolutionary New Drug Offers 99.9% Protection Against HIV
The US FDA has approved lenacapavir, a groundbreaking long-acting HIV prevention drug that offers near-complete protection with just two injections per year. Despite its potential, concerns about high costs may limit its global impact.
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Facebook Disables Some Misleading Ads on HIV Prevention Drugs, Responding to Growing Outcry
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.
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Facebook Ads Push Misinformation About HIV Prevention Drugs, LGBT Activists Say, 'Harming Public Health'
Facebook users have been bombarded with misleading ads about medication meant to prevent the transmission of HIV, according to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates.
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AIDS Drugs Prevent Sexual Transmission Of HIV In Gay Men
A European study of nearly 1,000 gay male couples who had sex without condoms - where one partner had HIV and was taking antiretroviral drugs to suppress it - has found the treatment can prevent sexual transmission of the virus.
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HIV Vaccine Comes Closer To Reality
Research show that a type of lymphocyte might be protecting babies in the womb from getting infected with the HIV virus when the mother is infected. Scientists are working to use these lymphocytes to create a vaccine against HIV
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This New Anti-HIV Pill Is Safe For Gay, Bisexual Adolescent Boys
For the study, researchers enrolled 78 gay and bisexual young men, ages 15 to 17, from six U.S. cities. The participants all tested negative for HIV at the start of the study, but were at high risk for an infection. Read the report here.
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Delhi Man Critical After AI Advice: Risks Of HIV Drug Misuse Explained
A Delhi man was left critically ill after taking HIV preventive medication on an AI chatbot's advice without medical supervision. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is proven for HIV prevention when properly prescribed, but dangerous when AI gives it.
-
"Fresh Hope": Groundbreaking HIV Prevention Shots Begin In Africa
South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia on Monday began administering a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention injection in the drug's first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world's highest HIV burden.
-
EU Regulator Approves Twice-Yearly Injectable Drug For HIV Prevention
The European Medicines Agency has recommended authorizing a twice-yearly injectable drug aimed at preventing HIV, which scientists say could help end the virus' transmission.
-
Why We Still Need A Cure For HIV Despite Powerful Treatments
Over the past three decades there have been amazing advances in treating and preventing HIV.
-
Revolutionary New Drug Offers 99.9% Protection Against HIV
The US FDA has approved lenacapavir, a groundbreaking long-acting HIV prevention drug that offers near-complete protection with just two injections per year. Despite its potential, concerns about high costs may limit its global impact.
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Facebook Disables Some Misleading Ads on HIV Prevention Drugs, Responding to Growing Outcry
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.
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Facebook Ads Push Misinformation About HIV Prevention Drugs, LGBT Activists Say, 'Harming Public Health'
Facebook users have been bombarded with misleading ads about medication meant to prevent the transmission of HIV, according to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates.
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AIDS Drugs Prevent Sexual Transmission Of HIV In Gay Men
A European study of nearly 1,000 gay male couples who had sex without condoms - where one partner had HIV and was taking antiretroviral drugs to suppress it - has found the treatment can prevent sexual transmission of the virus.
-
HIV Vaccine Comes Closer To Reality
Research show that a type of lymphocyte might be protecting babies in the womb from getting infected with the HIV virus when the mother is infected. Scientists are working to use these lymphocytes to create a vaccine against HIV
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This New Anti-HIV Pill Is Safe For Gay, Bisexual Adolescent Boys
For the study, researchers enrolled 78 gay and bisexual young men, ages 15 to 17, from six U.S. cities. The participants all tested negative for HIV at the start of the study, but were at high risk for an infection. Read the report here.
