Overcoming Hepatitis B Vaccine Nonresponsiveness
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection continues to pose a significant global health challenge despite the availability of effective vaccines for more than 4 decades and antivirals for almost 3 decades. The World Health Organization estimates that more than 254 million people worldwide are living with chronic HBV infection; 1.2 million new infections occurred in 2022. […]
Africa’s making progress against HIV, but donor funds are drying up—what must change
Credit: Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pexels Remarkable progress has been made against the HIV epidemic in the last two decades. However, a loss of momentum in fighting HIV across the globe threatens to undermine the strides that have been made. There is a crisis in sustainability as the urgency surrounding funding for the HIV response […]
Why is a cure for HIV so elusive?
Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry researchers are on the cutting-edge of the study of HIV, working toward treatments and a better understanding of how the virus works. Finding a cure is no easy feat. But there is progress. The theme for this year’s World AIDS Day on Dec. 1 […]
Clinical trial reveals twice-yearly injection to be 96% effective in HIV prevention
For oral medications that prevent new HIV infection to be effective, the patient must take certain actions, including attending doctor’s visits every three months and — most importantly — consistency. These daily oral antiretrovirals, more commonly referred to as PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), such as Truvada®, are extremely effective at HIV prevention, but only if they […]
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For people living with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis is still the leading cause of death
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The latest World Health Organization’s Global Tuberculosis Report released in November 2024 painted a sobering picture; approximately 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in 2023, the highest number since the organization began global TB monitoring in 1995. TB is the leading cause of death among those with HIV/AIDS […]
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HIV cases and deaths declining
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The number of new HIV infections and deaths is falling worldwide, marking significant progress in the fight against the disease. But HIV is far from being stamped out and more needs to be done, health experts warned ahead of World AIDS Day on Sunday. Uneven progress Fewer people contracted HIV last […]
Sub-Saharan Africa leads global HIV decline
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) has published a new study in The Lancet HIV journal that revealed significant progress in the global fight against HIV/AIDS, alongside a stark warning that current trends indicate the world is not on track to meet the ambitious UNAIDS 2030 targets. The research, which analyzed the global, […]
Fatalism hinders HIV self-testing uptake among Kenyan truck drivers
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A recent study by researchers from the Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health at CUNY SPH suggests that fatalistic attitudes among Kenyan truck drivers may undermine the potential benefits of HIV self-testing (HIVST) programs. The research, published in AIDS and Behavior, sheds new light on the complex factors influencing HIV […]
