Defeating HIV in the Philippines is a long-term commitment and we ... other deadly opportunistic infections include Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP), cerebral toxoplasmosis, central nervous ...
Laboratory methods available for the accurate diagnosis of T. gondii infection and toxoplasmosis include serological tests, PCR, histological and cytological examination of tissue and bodily ...
HIV infections still happen despite a paradigm shift in prevention over the past decade: the advent of pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP. In 2012, the FDA approved the first PrEP medication for ...
The latest recommendations are presented for the treatment and prevention of HIV, including new antiretroviral therapies ...
For people at increased risk of HIV exposure, the guidelines emphasize the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis, available as daily oral medication or long-acting injectable options. In addition ...
As modern medicine continues to progress, so do the health interventions that give people more options to protect themselves against HIV. According to Reyes, one of these alternatives is PrEP, which ...
The future may be getting brighter in terms of reducing the threat of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), infectious disease experts told Newsweek. With new treatments and maybe even a vaccine ...
Roughly 61,000 Georgians live with HIV, the sexually transmitted virus (STI) that can lead to AIDS, and Atlanta ranks in the ...
Gilead said Tuesday that it will soon begin Phase 3 testing for a drug it believes could prevent HIV infection with just a single shot every year. Such a medicine, if proven effective, would be ...
While the drug appears to be effective at preventing HIV infection, it does not cure an existing HIV infection or AIDS, according to researchers. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS − a disease in ...
The Department of Health and Human Services allocated at least $73.9 million in grant funding to programs aimed at either mitigating the alleged harm racism causes minorities living with HIV or ...
it’s important to undergo testing for HIV. If you test negative, you might consider preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), says Michelle Forcier, MD, a gender affirming clinician with virtual ...