Antiretroviral therapy coverage for HIV in low- & middle-income countries to grow 25% by 2025, says WHO
Presently, only half the children living with HIV receive ART; may fall short of UNAIDS treatment coverage target for 2025
New gene editing technology may not fully eliminate HIV, finds study
Scientists had been optimistic that CRISPR could annihilate the deadly disease
Humans susceptible to viral strains borne by chimpanzee
SIV strains mutate upon entering cells to overcome human-specific barriers to infection
Union Cabinet approves amendments to HIV/AIDS Bill
The amendments seek to protect those living with HIV/AIDS from discrimination
In a first, immunotherapy that pulls HIV virus out of hiding to kill it
Latest findings offer relief to HIV-positive patients taking medicines daily
World AIDS Day: Communities can lead way to ending public health threat, says UNAIDS
Suggests integrating, elevating and engaging communities at all stages of HIV-related decision-making
Health in news on June 8
Here's a round-up of today's news reports and debates in health
Global Fund withdrawal
AIDS epidemic can end by 2030: UNAIDS
India reverses HIV epidemic, but reports high number of new infections
Bring HIV/AIDS Bill in Parliament this winter session, demand activists
Bill has been shuttling between health and law ministries since 2006
Over half the HIV infected people globally do not know their positive status: UN
Gap Report calls for scaling up efforts to end the disease by 2030
Six ways to improve HIV prevention pill uptake among young women in Zimbabwe
15-19-year-old girls in sub-Saharan Africa highly vulnerable to new infections
HIV-associated tuberculosis on the rise: India TB Report
Pediatric and drug-resistant TB major concerns for India
Hopes dashed as last HIV vaccine trial in Africa for this decade ends in failure
Trial ‘PrEPVacc’ was testing two different vaccine regimens on about 1,500 volunteers in Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa
Head of UNAIDS unpacks the knock-on effects of COVID-19. And what needs to be done
AIDS remains a crisis and COVID-19 is making it worse, says Winnie Byanyima
Look back at the decade: Generic drugs
Fifteen years after it rose and went limp, the biotech sector saw a bull run of sorts
MDG final report highlights the success of strategic intervention
Human society has achieved several milestones on all eight goals: Report
HIV's ability to cause AIDS weakening, says new research
The virus might gradually become almost harmless, say virologists
AMR causes more deaths than malaria and HIV/AIDS combined. What Africa is doing to fight this silent epidemic
In many African countries, poverty and inequality propel the likelihood of antimicrobial resistance
What caused HIV/AIDS to explode?
Social forces drive viral pandemics, say scientists
Failing crops cause Ethiopian farmers to migrate and become susceptible to diseases
Double infection by kalaazar and HIV have made treatment difficult in the country
World risks spending $250 billion on simply monitoring UN development goals: report
The number should be reduced from the current 169 targets
Antibody reduces levels of HIV virus in body during clinical trial
Results considered a milestone in the search for more effective treatment of HIV
New cure raises hopes for MDR-TB patients
PaMZ regimen showed better results among HIV-infected patients
Hepatitis C medication remains beyond reach
Price control may ensure patients complete their course of medication