Aug 22, 2024 07:26 AM IST The civic body in 2020-2021 recorded 199 HIV-AIDS cases, which in 2021-2022 rose to 220, and in 2022-2023 to 606 The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has reported a three-fold rise in HIV-AIDS cases over the past three years as per its latest Environment Status Report (ESR). The civic body …
According to the World Health Organisation, there were 1.3 million new HIV infections reported in 2023. The current cost places the treatment beyond the reach of the average person, with two doses totaling $40,000 ((approximately Rs 33.5 lakh). A future where affordable and effective treatment for AIDS becomes accessible to the general public may soon …
ANI | Updated: Jul 11, 2024 04:54 IST Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 11 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has said that the government is very concerned and vigilant about the HIV-positive students in the state and that no stone will be left unturned to tackle or handle this issue.Speaking to ANI, CM Manik Saha …
A major challenge in developing a vaccine for HIV is that the virus mutates fast-;very fast. Although a person initially becomes infected with one or a few HIV strains, the virus replicates and mutates quickly, resulting in a “swarm” of viral strains existing in a single body. But scientists at Scripps Research; IAVI; the Ragon …
On this day, June 5, 1981, the first case of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was reported in the United States. In India, the country’s massive health emergency of the smallpox epidemic received global attention after the New York Times reported the death of 10,000 people due to smallpox in Bihar on June 5, 1974. The …
WORLD AIDS VACCINE DAY: May 18, focuses on the need for a vaccine to combat the spread of the HIV/AIDS disease. Gomantak Times “Only a truly effective, preventive HIV vaccine can limit, and eventually eliminate the threat of AIDS,” declared Bill Clinton, the then US President in a speech on May 18, 1997, sending ripples …
New Delhi: Mumbai-based epidemiologist Ishwar Gilada emphasized the critical role of proper treatment for all HIV-positive patients in curbing the transmission of the virus and potentially ending AIDS in India. “We can end AIDS now as science has shown us the evidence on how to stop the spread of HIV infection and keep people living …
Existing HIV medications suppress the virus but don’t eradicate it completely. Researchers have taken a promising step towards an HIV cure using CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats), a powerful gene-editing technology. This approach involves using CRISPR, likened to molecular scissors, to cut HIV’s DNA out of infected cells, according to the BBC. While …
About National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 6National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, observed annually on March 10, is a crucial initiative aimed at highlighting the unique impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls. Published on Mar 09, 2024 06:36 PM IST Craving sugar? Here are five reasons why 6When we are on …
Across the globe, more than 39 million people are living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS, including more than 1.3 million new HIV diagnoses last year. The majority of those afflicted -; approximately 76% -; have access to antiviral therapy that allows them to live with HIV as a chronic …