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  World AIDS Day 2025: Why PrEP is becoming a popular HIV prevention choice in India

  Health | December 01, 2025 18:46 IST

  PrEP is suddenly showing up in doctor visits, social-media chats and World AIDS Day conversations across India. As awareness grows, more people want protection that feels safe, discreet and in their control. Here’s a simple, clear guide to what PrEP is, who it helps and why its demand is rising now.

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  Every-2-month HIV shot approved in UK, what does it mean for India

  Health | October 18, 2025 10:54 IST

  The UK has approved a long-acting HIV jab that requires just one injection every two months. Doctors call it a breakthrough for people who struggle with daily PrEP. Here’s how it works, who it’s for, and what it could mean for India’s HIV prevention efforts.

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  HIV Infection in Tripura: 828 students tested positive, 47 died; know causes and symptoms

  Health | July 09, 2024 19:51 IST

  In Tripura, 828 students have tested positive for HIV infection, with 47 deaths reported. Learn about the causes and symptoms of HIV to understand the impact on affected individuals and communities.

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  Injection twice-a-year proves to be 100 percent effective in HIV treatment: Study

  Health | July 08, 2024 10:55 IST

  This breakthrough gives great hope that we have a proven, highly effective prevention tool to protect people from HIV. There were 1.3 million new HIV infections globally in the past year.

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  In a first, patient beats HIV infection; cell analysis shows no traces of virus

  Science | August 29, 2020 8:56 IST

  In a rare incident, a patient has cleared functional HIV infection without outside help. This may the first known instance of a spontaneous cure. According to reports, over 1-5 billion cells of this patient was analysed and it showed no functional HIV copies in any of them. However, the person still has some non-functional copies of the virus.

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  HIV cure ‘closer than ever’: Experts to test long-lasting vaccine on humans

  July 19, 2019 16:52 IST

  The candidate vaccine, known as DNA-rTV, relies on replication of the virus' DNA to stimulate "effective immunization" against the virus, said Shao Yiming, an HIV researcher at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.

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  Who is Ravindra Gupta, Indian-origin doctor at the centre of HIV cure research

  World | March 06, 2019 20:47 IST

  Two people who have been cured had lethal malignancies that were unresponsive to conventional therapy and had an extreme measure allergenic bone marrow transplant that has a high mortality, doctors said. 

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  London HIV patient becomes world’s second to be cleared of AIDS virus

  Lifestyle | March 05, 2019 11:19 IST

  Similarly, an American man Timothy Brown, who came to be known as the Berlin patient when he underwent a similar treatment for HIV in 2007, which led to similar results. Brown has been HIV-free ever since.

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  World AIDS Day 2018: Theme, Symbol, Poster, Prevention, Causes and Slogan

  Health | December 01, 2018 11:16 IST

  World AIDS Day 2018: From causes, prevention to treatment, here's everything you should know about HIV AIDS.

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  HIV cure raises hopes tempered with caution

  World | March 06, 2013 14:16 IST

  Washington, Mar 6: The report of an American toddler "functionally cured" of HIV has raised hopes of a breakthrough in the global fight to end the AIDS epidemic, but researchers suggest treating the development with