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The 13th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2025) is taking place in Kigali, Rwanda, and virtually, ...
Two more people appear to be free of HIV after stem cell transplants for cancer treatment, according to a pair of posters presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI ...
Aidsmap and NAM Publications has made the decision to transfer its assets to the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and National AIDS Trust (NAT).  Our Legacy Since our inception in 1987, NAM has been ...
📢 With heavy hearts, we announce the proposed closure of our beloved charity, NAM aidsmap, this month. After 37 years of pioneering health journalism, community engagement, and empowerment through ...
It’s rare in any branch of medicine that a trial of a new drug can report 100% efficacy, and a first in HIV science. But that’s what happened on Friday, when Gilead Sciences announced that no HIV ...
A CRISPR-based gene-editing therapy called EBT-101 was safe and well tolerated but did not prevent viral rebound in three participants who stopped antiretroviral treatment in an early study, according ...
An impressive 79% reduction in HIV incidence was seen between two directly comparable groups in a whole-population analysis from Australia, presented to the Conference on Retroviruses and ...
A year ago, the DoxyVAC study’s interim results raised hopes that by combining post-exposure prophylaxis using the antibiotic doxycycline (‘doxyPEP’) with a candidate vaccine against gonorrhoea, cases ...
Viral load results are also important for other aspects of patient care, but there are no clear data showing the clinical relevance of results below 200 copies/ml. One exception is that a viral load ...
BHIVA recommends that people aged 40 and over should be offered a statin irrespective of lipid levels or estimated cardiovascular risk. People with HIV aged 40 and over with an estimated 10-year risk ...
Budigalimab, a monoclonal antibody that blocks the PD-1 receptor on immune cells, was associated with delayed HIV rebound or sustained low viral load in a majority of people who interrupted ...
Media reports compared the outbreak to the early days of HIV, when gay men’s sexual behaviour was also linked to a stigmatised disease. However, there has been very little qualitative research ...