Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/02/2025. The Supreme Court (SC), February 24, 2025 has directed all states to file their affidavits addressing concerns raised about antiretroviral therapy (ART) drugs …
5 million still uncovered; AIDS biggest killer among women of reproductive age For the first time in five years, access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) has reported a 10-fold increase across the globe, with over four million HIV positive in low and middle-income countries, including India, receiving life-saving therapy as of …
Scientists said Thursday that a new AIDS vaccine, the first ever declared to protect a significant minority of humans against the disease, would be studied to answer two fundamental questions: why it worked in some people but not in others, and why those infected despite vaccination got no benefit at …
A new AIDS vaccine tested on more than 16,000 volunteers in Thailand has protected a significant minority against infection, the first time any vaccine against the disease has even partly succeeded in a clinical trial. Scientists said they were delighted but puzzled by the result. The vaccine
A State-level advocacy workshop was organised by Assam State AIDS Control Society (ASACS) in association with Guwahati Press Club on Tuesday in the Press Club auditorium, where a good number of mediapersons took part. Inaugurating the workshop, VS Bhaskar, Commissioner and Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, appreciated the role of …
A United Nations program that has raised $1.2 billion over the past three years for the treatment of H.I.V./AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis through a small fee added to airline tickets sold in 15 countries is going global. Starting in January, travelers in the United States and other countries buying airline …
Notwithstanding the sustained campaigns launched by the Government to create awareness about AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome), the number of AIDS cases is on rise in Himachal Pradesh. At present there were 3,530 HIV positive cases (detected till March 2009) of which 608 were full blown AIDS cases. The Government …
At least 4.5 million children could die if wealthy nations fail to provide more funds to help impoverished countries combat global warming, development charity Oxfam warned Wednesday. The organisation said in a report it was concerned that industrialised nations would take money out of existing funds dedicated to economic development …
Mumbai: Maharashtra has the largest number of HIV-positive children in the country with fresh cases increasing 10-fold in the last three years. Data released by the health and family welfare ministry shows 11,938 new cases were registered between November 2006 and May 2009, or 22% of India
Appealing to the people not to hide if they suspect that they are HIV positive, the Project Director (Technical), Manipur AIDS Control Society (MACS) Dr Kh Pramodkumar said that they can get tested and take advantage of free anti-retroviral therapy (ART) from any centre, if found positive. He was speaking …
It is agriculture that brought malaria with it if humans had not abandoned their nomadic ways for agriculture, two important events would be missing from the history of civilization: deforestation and domestication of animals. Man would also not have heard of diseases like aids and swine flu. In 2007, the …
New Delhi: In a significant discovery, scientists may have found the most potent weapon to date to combat HIV. Bringing hope to the idea of developing an effective vaccine against the deadly virus, scientists have discovered two highly powerful new antibodies that neutralised all major forms of the virus from …
Around 17,000 Sri Lankans are affected by Tuberculosis annually while 11,000 new victims are identified. Of this 350 die of the disease, Director of National Program for Tuberculosis Control and Chest Disease Dr. A.L.S.B. Alwis said. Deputy Director General of Public Health Services of Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry Dr. P.G. …
''Joint participation of the private stakeholders with the government to take up the public cause will yield positive prospects,'' said Udupi Deputy Commissioner P Hemalatha. Speaking after inaugurating the district polio plus orientation Planning Meet and AIDS awareness and prevention seminar organised by the Rotary International District 3180 here, she …
Cancer, HIV medicines may get extended shelf life chemical engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology may have the answer to a problem drug companies have been trying to solve
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh has been praised by the World Bank for running "effective and focused" programmes to check HIV/AIDS in the state, which has witnessed a surge in the number of positive cases in the last three years. A six-member team of the World Bank, which had toured the state …
French scientists have discovered a new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a woman from Cameroon. This woman had travelled to Paris from her country and had fever five years ago. The new virus is not like the three known varieties of HIV, but is related to a strain discovered in …
greenhouse gas emissions UK plans to go low-carbon The UK government unveiled a plan to make the country a low carbon emitter. The plan, announced by energy and climate change secretary Ed Miliband, details how the country will meet its domestic climate targets, set out under the climate change act, …
