Adolescent deaths from AIDS tripled since 2000: Unicef savita28 Nov 2015 4:24 PM ISTNew York: The number of adolescent deaths from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years, most of the patients having acquired the disease when they...
HIV infection surged to record numbers in Europe in 2014: WHO savita28 Nov 2015 3:39 PM ISTCOPENHAGEN: A record number of people - over 142,000 - were diagnosed with HIV in Europe in 2014, the World Health Organisation, WHO announced on...
Indian scientist Yusuf Hamied appointed to high-level panel on health Meghna A Singhania22 Nov 2015 3:16 PM ISTUnited Nations: An eminent Indian scientist has been named by UN chief Ban Ki-moon to a high-level panel on health technology innovation and access,...
Diabetes experts tell G20 to tax sugar to save lives and money Pooja12 Nov 2015 9:58 AM ISTDiabetes experts called on world leaders on Thursday to use sugar taxes to fight obesity, arguing such a move would save lives and slash healthcare...
Johnson & Johnson, ViiV Healthcare: Two injections every month or two could control HIV Pooja5 Nov 2015 9:07 AM ISTJohnson & Johnson and partner ViiV Healthcare, which specializes in HIV drugs, has recently shared results from the first 32 weeks of the...
We can end AIDS by 2030 in India and Africa: JP Nadda Meghna A Singhania31 Oct 2015 12:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: India today pledged to work closely with African nations on building a regulatory framework to make pharmaceuticals "accessible and...
Vaginal bacteria that can protect women from HIV Meghna A Singhania9 Oct 2015 1:36 PM ISTNew York: Researchers have identified a type of vaginal bacteria that can protect women from the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as well as other...
Nano DNA machine to cut HIV diagnostics cost Pooja8 Oct 2015 10:56 AM ISTA new nanometer DNA machine has been identified by the researchers to help in easy diagnosis of HIV and other diseases like the rheumatoid arthritis....
All HIV patients must be granted antiretroviral treatment, says WHO Pooja1 Oct 2015 11:23 AM ISTWith a long term objective to curb 21 million deaths and 28 million new HIV infections, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has strongly recommended...
Pioneer of HIV response in India, Dr Suniti Solomon passes away Meghna A Singhania29 July 2015 12:59 PM ISTThe face of the raising awareness of HIV response in India, Dr Suniti Solomon passed away peacefully in Chennai yesterday. She is also the founding...
India's AIDS programme under deep funding crisis Meghna A Singhania26 July 2015 5:58 PM ISTNEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India's fight against AIDS is being jeopardized by a cut in social spending by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, with...
AIDS epidemic to end by 2030: UN Meghna A Singhania16 July 2015 12:23 PM ISTUN, in its report on the AIDS targets of MDG 6, released in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the sidelines of the Third International Conference on Financing...
