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Yes, the same life expectancy as HIV-negative people, but far fewer years in good health

Once again, a life expectancy study has shown that HIV-positive people who start antiretroviral therapy (ART) promptly and have good access to medical care live as long as their HIV-negative peers.
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Russia: huge differences between provinces in Europe’s worst HIV epidemic

Although well over half of new cases of HIV in the World Health Organization (WHO) European region (which includes Siberia and central Asia) occur in Russia, there is surprisingly little we know on a ...
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South African women living with HIV subtype C experience rapid CD4 cell loss

A third of women living with HIV subtype C have a fall in their CD4 count to below 350 cells/mm 3 within a year of seroconversion, investigators report in the online edition of Clinical Infectious ...
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Modest bone loss seen in young men taking Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis

Young men participating in a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) demonstration project experienced modest but significant bone loss after starting Truvada, according to findings presented yesterday to a ...
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Returning to HIV care does not erase the effects of treatment interruption, studies show

People with HIV in South Africa are ten times more likely to develop tuberculosis while interrupting treatment than while taking it, the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) in Rio de ...
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CDC researchers publish estimate of effectiveness of condom use in anal sex

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'We finally understand what we have to do': antibody studies point the way to an HIV cure

The 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, featured few new scientific breakthroughs in terms of vaccines or cures for HIV. But as well as featuring two more cases ...
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Turning HIV’s power against itself may help target hidden virus – another step towards a cure

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Two more people with HIV may be cured after stem cell transplants

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A new class of drugs could sharpen the body’s immune response to HIV

A new class of drugs called CD4 mimetics could be used to sensitise the immune system to HIV, the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) in Rio de Janeiro heard last week. It is becoming clear ...