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Over 2.6K students, teachers visit ICMR-NARI on Dec 1 & 2
December 03, 2023 12:40 pm
Nearly 2,600 students and teachers visited ICMR-NARI, Bhosari Campus on December 1 and 2.
Menstrual changes, early menopause: What HIV-infected women need to know about their health
December 02, 2022 5:20 pm
According to a doctor, women living with HIV may experience menopause earlier, due to "anemia, lower hormone production, illness, weight loss, effects of HIV drugs, etc."
‘HIV vaccine development has taken a back seat’
May 18, 2022 9:29 pm
With no commercial vaccine available after 35 years, there are very few companies and research laboratories who would invest in further R&D, Dr Ishwar Gilada, president, AIDS Society of India, tells Anuradha Mascarenhas on World AIDS Vaccine Day today
World AIDS Day 2021: Can mother pass on the infection to baby during pregnancy?
December 01, 2021 2:16 pm
Infected individuals are highly infectious in the first few months when they may not be symptomatic. The symptoms may only show up after their immunity is weakened. The symptoms include fever, diarrhoea, cough, swollen lymph nodes etc, said Dr Aruna Muralidhar
In a rare case, woman's body rids itself of HIV without medication
November 17, 2021 12:54 pm
Nearly 38 million people worldwide are living with HIV and 680,000 have died from AIDS-related illness, according to UN AIDS statistics in 2020.
Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod to market generic HIV infection treatment tablets
July 02, 2021 2:17 pm
The company has received final approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to market Emtricitabine and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate tablets, 100 mg/150 mg, 133 mg/200 mg and 167 mg/250 mg, Zydus Cadila said in a statement.
Scientists eliminate HIV from animal's genome for the first time; indicate possible cure for HIV
July 03, 2019 5:11 pm
Current HIV treatment focuses on the use of antiretroviral therapy (ART). ART suppresses HIV replication but does not eliminate the virus from the body. Therefore, ART is not a cure for HIV, and it requires life-long use.
Over 8,500 TB patients in Maharashtra living with HIV
June 08, 2018 8:17 am
In areas under the Pune Municipal Corporation, officials have registered a total of 1,105 new TB patients from January to April this year. Of these, 1,010 were tested for HIV and 43 were found to be positive with the virus.
Novel approach to track HIV infection found
August 19, 2017 12:54 pm
In the study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists used a novel live-cell fluorescent imaging system that allowed them for the first time to identify individual particles associated with infection.
MSHRC issues notice to state govt over AIDS programme
January 08, 2016 2:43 am
On Thursday, MSHRC chairperson Justice S R Bannurmath said that the commission took note of media reports highlighting the plight of poor patients unable to avail free drugs under the National Aids Control Program
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