A vial of lenacapavir, the new HIV prevention injectable drug that only needs to be administered twice yearly but provides almost complete protection. Nardus Engelbrecht/AP hide caption toggle caption Nardus Engelbrecht/AP The U.S. announced Thursday that it will make an investment in the new HIV prevention drug called lenacapavir that’s been hailed as a “breakthrough” and a “game changer” by …
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In Gedaref, Sudan, a former bus station is serving as a cholera clinic. Many of the patients are Sudanese who have been displaced by the country’s civil war. Giles Clarke/Avaaz via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Giles Clarke/Avaaz via Getty Images “Action is needed, not tomorrow, but really now,” said Yap Boum of the Africa Centres for Disease Control …
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A patient infected with mpox shows lesions on his body at a treatment center in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Glody Murhabazi/AFP/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Glody Murhabazi/AFP/via Getty Images In August 2024, the news came in quick succession. On Tuesday — Aug. 13, 2024 — Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared mpox a public health …
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An HIV-infected H9 T cell, as seen by a scanning electromicrograph. In a landmark first for the continent hardest hit by HIV, a new clinical trial in South Africa has delivered a rare but extraordinary outcome: One young woman may be cured of the virus. Image Point FR/NIH/NIAID/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Image Point FR/NIH/NIAID/BSIP/Universal …
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A newly published study shows that infants and little children born to people who received $1,000, no-strings-attached, in a massive experiment had improved survival rates. Svetlana Repnitskaya/Getty Images/Moment RF hide caption toggle caption Svetlana Repnitskaya/Getty Images/Moment RF To save the lives of infants and small children living in low- and middle-income countries, there are a handful of tried and tested …
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A patient suffering from mpox sits on a bench at the Kavumu hospital in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo — the global epicenter of the mpox outbreak, Glody Murhabazi/AFP/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Glody Murhabazi/AFP/via Getty Images Mpox made for scary headlines in 2022 and 2023: Tens of thousands of cases worldwide, with 30,000 in the U.S. …
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A federal appeals court rules the Trump administration can withhold $4 billion approved by Congress for global health programs and more than $6 billion for HIV and AIDS prevention. Ben Curtis/AP hide caption toggle caption Ben Curtis/AP A federal appeals court handed President Trump a victory on Wednesday. The court ruled that the administration can continue to freeze or terminate …
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Eleanor Ceres found out she had lung cancer after the tumor spread from her chest and began protruding out her neck. Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Ceres has been smoking for over 30 years — and smoking causes nearly three-quarters of lung cancer deaths around the world. Why wasn’t she diagnosed earlier? Prior to the tumor’s manifestation, …
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China has declared war on the chikungunya virus. How much of a threat is it? : Goats and Soda NPR What to know about chikungunya virus amid new outbreak in China ABC News With Drones and ‘Elephant Mosquitoes,’ China Wages All-Out War on a Virus The New York Times CDC warns of mosquito-borne chikungunya outbreak in southeast China NBC News Alarm in China that …
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Get ready, Brazil. The ‘good mosquitoes’ are coming : Goats and Soda NPR Source link
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