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Mutated HIV Proviruses Are Not as Harmless as Previously Thought
May 3rd 2017In a collaborative effort, scientists from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and George Washington University have found that defective HIV proviruses can complicate monitoring the true viral load within patients and distract the immune system from attacking the functional virus.
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Public Health News Watch Wednesday: Report for April 26, 2017
April 26th 2017This week’s Public Health News Watch shifts the focus towards pop culture as a Grammy award winner, and one of the foremost activists for the HIV/AIDS crisis has been taken ill with what news outlets are reporting as a “rare and potentially deadly bacterial infection.”
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UCLA Study Deems UN's HIV Elimination Strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa Unfeasible
April 24th 2017Using statistical mapping strategies, UCLA researchers have found that the WHO and UNAIDS strategy to eliminate HIV in sub-Saharan Africa is not feasible because it doesn’t consider several important factors.
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National Transgender HIV Testing Day: Why It's Important to Know Your Status
April 18th 2017Each year, on April 18th, we recognize the importance of HIV testing and status awareness as well as prevention and treatment efforts among transgender individuals, a population particularly at risk for the virus.
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