Hiv Cure
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World AIDS Day 2025: Why PrEP is becoming a popular HIV prevention choice in India
Health | Dec 01, 2025, 06:46 PM ISTPrEP 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 | Oct 18, 2025, 10:54 AM ISTThe 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 | Jul 09, 2024, 07:51 PM ISTIn 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 | Jul 08, 2024, 10:55 AM ISTThis 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 | Aug 29, 2020, 08:56 AM ISTIn 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
Jul 19, 2019, 04:52 PM ISTThe 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 | Mar 06, 2019, 08:47 PM ISTTwo 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 | Mar 05, 2019, 11:19 AM ISTSimilarly, 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 | Dec 01, 2018, 11:16 AM ISTWorld 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 | Mar 06, 2013, 02:16 PM ISTWashington, 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