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 …
the human-monkey linkage certainly seems to be a strong one. Along with leaving their mark on the humans, the primates also seem to be responsible for transmitting fatal diseases like aids to their so-called descendents. This was recently revealed during a study conducted by researchers from France who identified a …
When the body is exposed to a foreign substance, such as a virus or bacteria, the immune system responds by making cells and agents that fight off the invaders. But sometimes physicians want to be able to turn off the immune response, such as during bone marrow or organ transplants …
a generic drug used for preventing the transmission of the aids virus from an expectant mother to her child may cause genetic mutation in the offspring. These are the findings of researchers from the New York state department of health
environmental studies will now be compulsory for every undergraduate student in Delhi University (DU). The University Grants Commission (UGC) is introducing it as a mandatory six-month foundation course from July 2003. Environmental study courses at the postgraduate level are also being formulated. It is reported that the DU executive council …
An international team of researchers has identified a wild chimpanzee infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVcpz). The identification of the infected animal strengthens the case that wild chimpanzees are the reservoir of SIVcpz, which researchers believe is a relative of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Analysis of the SIVcpz strain …
killing cells laden with the hiv may form a key part of future aids vaccination strategies. A new aids vaccine, which does exactly that holds good promise, say researchers. Vaccinated monkeys survived a usually lethal infection with a monkey-human hybrid virus, shiv. Their primed immune system kept virus levels below …
• The Supreme Court recently slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on the Union environment ministry for showing laxity in probing the disappearance of huge quantity of hazardous waste oil from major ports. • The Sikkim Forest Department arrested a person on charges of smuggling medicinal plants from Borong recently. …
the challenge faced in the control of infectious diseases such as hiv/aids, tb and malaria is now seen more as a political and communications one than scientific and medical. Medical and technical solutions to keep major contagions in check are now available. Yet, they remain major killers, says a recent …
researchers might have to rethink their strategy for developing an effective vaccine against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (hiv) reveals a study published in Nature . Researcher Dan Barouch of Harvard Medical School in Boston and his team have shown that hiv can mutate and evade the protection provided by vaccines. The …
"too small, too slow, or too poorly rooted.' This is how the recently released 19th annual edition of Worldwatch Institute's State of the World 2002 report describes the steps taken in the 1990s for an ecologically resilient world. Considering the dismal scenario, the document recommends "a global war on poverty …
1984: Researchers isolate the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, causing AIDS. 1985: Genetic similarities to HIV found in the virus affecting monkeys, so researchers call it SIV. 1986: Journalist Edward Hooper reports on the mysterious disease locally called 'slim' affecting people of a village along Lake Victoria in Uganda. 1987: Link …
A Pretoria High Court judge has said in a ruling that hiv -infected pregnant women under the care of the state are entitled to a low-cost drug, Nevirapine, which reduces a newborn's risk of contracting the virus. About 70,000 children are infected annually due to mother-to-child transmission. The decision has …
Only about half the people with the highest risk from AIDS are tested in the US, according to a study done by researchers of the Atlanta-based Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. This means that infection rates in the country could be higher than what health experts estimated. Just 54 …
DID modern medicine inadvertently give birth to one of the deadliest diseases of the 20th century? This is the question that is currently haunting medical circles . It is triggered by a hypothesis that points to a chilling linkage between large-scale use of penicillin injections and the origin and spread …
globally, there are now 40 million adults and children suffering from aids, according to a new report by the World Health Organisation (who) and the Joint United Nations Programme on hiv/aids called unaids. The epidemic shows no signs of abating
The Nigerian government has defended cheap generic aids drugs imported from India. Sani Gwarzo, the coordinator of Nigeria's aids programme, said, "India is advanced in the manufacture of drugs that we are buying.' Nigeria will soon start a trial programme to use cheap, imported generic aids medicines. The import of …
In the next 60 minutes, around 600 persons will add to the growing number of people infected by the deadly HIV virus. Worse, more than 60 children will die due to the infection. This has been stated by a World Health Organisation (WHO) report released recently. The report revealed that …
a common virus called human herpesvirus 6 (hhv-6) prevents a form of the aids virus from reproducing. This was found during a laboratory study on cultures of human tissue. The study team led by Leonid Margolis of the us -based National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (nichd), included …
communicable diseases cause 20-25 per cent of deaths annually worldwide. And poor environmental conditions are the perfect breeding ground for these contagions. This indissoluble link, showing how ecological imbalances can be hazardous to health, has been brought forth in the
