India’s ambitious human spaceflight programme is entering a critical new chapter, with the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) gearing up to launch the Gaganyaan-1 (G1) mission in December. A senior Isro official has confirmed to IndiaToday.in that this landmark mission, the first in a series of crucial uncrewed test flights, will spend three days orbiting … Read more
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Dr John Saunders, a consultant in sexual health and HIV who worked on the study, said: “This trial has further demonstrated the effectiveness of PrEP in preventing HIV transmission and has, for the first time, shown the protective effect reported by earlier trials, but at scale, and delivered through routine sexual health services in England.” … Read more
Better access to preventative drugs are also among proposals to stop new HIV cases in Wales by 2030. Source link
Many believe the U.S.’s blood donation policy is out of date and discriminatory. But what might a more science-based approach look like? Source link
Michael Chancley, communications director, PrEP4All, and PrEP user. AIDSVu.org: “Local Data: Louisiana.” CDC.gov: “HIV and Women: HIV Diagnoses,” “HIV Surveillance Data Tables. Table 3a,” “PrEP Effectiveness,” FDA.gov: “FDA Approves First Injectable Treatment for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis,” Dec. 20, 2021, “FDA approves second drug to prevention HIV infection as part of ongoing efforts to end the … Read more
By Robert Preidt and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters TUESDAY, Dec. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The first injection drug to prevent HIV infection was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday. “Today’s approval adds an important tool in the effort to end the HIV epidemic by providing the first option to prevent … Read more
“The biggest part for me of seeing this change is knowing that no-one else will now have that disappointment -and also, more importantly, that other people in service that weren’t necessarily as comfortable as I was living with HIV, can now know it’s OK.” Source link
In August, when Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine swore in eight new members to the President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA), the U.S.’s most influential policy sounding board of people living with HIV, their clinicians, drug makers, and public health leaders, she was presiding over the largest group of HIV advisers since former President … Read more
While screening younger women and men who have sex with men for STIs could help prevent more serious health problems down the line, the potential health benefits for heterosexual men are not as clear. “Data are insufficient to draw definitive conclusions about the effectiveness of screening heterosexual men at low risk for gonorrhea and … Read more