A 30-year-old woman in Argentina became the second person in the world to clear herself of HIV without drugs or a bone marrow transplant. This case was reported in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine 11/15. Scientists called the woman “patient Esperanza” – after the town where she lived. The patient was first diagnosed with […]
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FDA approves HIV injections once a month
AmericaThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved injectable HIV medications that last for a month instead of taking a daily pill. A new drug called Cabenuva (including cabotegravir and rilpivirine) was approved by the FDA on January 21, making it more convenient for patients to treat HIV. Instead of remembering every day to […]
People infected with HIV skyrocket due to the sex search application
ChinaThe popular dating application among young people and the lonely life of the elderly causes the rate of sexually transmitted HIV infection to increase rapidly. As dating apps become popular, finding Chinese “sex partners” becomes more convenient. However, the “gap” in sex education in schools causes many young people to become infected with HIV / […]
HIV patients: ‘Not afraid of death, only afraid of stigma’
Sitting on the last row of seats in the response session World HIV / AIDS prevention, On December 1 at Bach Mai Hospital, Ms. Minh attentively received new information about her illness. 16 years ago, when she got HIV (H) from her husband, Minh never knew about this disease. Thanks to the encouragement of doctors […]
Detecting HIV from anal bleeding symptom
HanoiA young 18-year-old man who came to Hospital E to examine him after having sex with an anus bleed, and he was HIV positive. Doctor Nguyen Dinh Lien, Department of Nephrology and Urology, said that the patient and his partner had three months of love, had anal sex but did not use any protection measures. […]