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How Botswana nearly eliminated childhood HIV, in one chart.

How Botswana nearly eliminated childhood HIV, in one chart.

Botswana has been getting a lot of calls lately from across the African continent, prodding the nation — once “at risk of extinction” from HIV — to tell the world how they did the impossible: squash childhood HIV rates. The number of children living with HIV has declined sharply everywhere, but nowhere more so than in Botswana, which has managed …

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Award-winning HIV scientist Shan Liang leaves US to join Chinese research institute

Award-winning HIV scientist Shan Liang leaves US to join Chinese research institute

Award-winning HIV scientist Shan Liang, a tenured associate professor at the Washington University School of Medicine (WashU Medicine), has taken up a full-time role in Shenzhen, southern China’s tech and innovation hub. He has joined the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (SMART) as a senior researcher and will head its Institute of Human Immunology, according to an announcement …

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Botswana was once ‘at risk of extinction’ from HIV. Now it is a world leader in eliminating the virus in children | Global development

Botswana was once ‘at risk of extinction’ from HIV. Now it is a world leader in eliminating the virus in children | Global development

At the turn of the century, HIV was so rampant in Botswana that politicians and doctors viewed it as an existential threat. One in eight infants were reported to be infected at birth, while rates of mother to child transmission either through pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding ranged from between 20 and 40%, according to UNAIDS. Between 1990 and 2000, mortality …

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RFK Jr. pulls funding for mRNA vaccines as scientists pursue breakthrough treatments for HIV, cancer, the flu and more – yahoo.com

RFK Jr. pulls funding for mRNA vaccines as scientists pursue breakthrough treatments for HIV, cancer, the flu and more – yahoo.com

RFK Jr. pulls funding for mRNA vaccines as scientists pursue breakthrough treatments for HIV, cancer, the flu and more  yahoo.com On Vaccines, Kennedy Has Broken Sharply With the Mainstream  The New York Times Friday briefing: What will US funding cuts on mRNA vaccines mean for the health of the world?  The Guardian Federal mRNA funding cut is ‘most dangerous public health decision’ ever, …

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This mRNA HIV Vaccine Produces the Virus-Fighting Antibodies That Have Eluded Researchers for 40 Years

This mRNA HIV Vaccine Produces the Virus-Fighting Antibodies That Have Eluded Researchers for 40 Years

In a small trial across ten U.S. research sites, a novel HIV vaccine candidate has shown a result that has eluded scientists for four decades: it reliably produced potent, virus-blocking antibodies in most participants. The work, published last week in Science Translational Medicine, tested three experimental vaccines built with the same mRNA technology used in COVID-19 shots but with a …

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The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children

The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children

For years, Philip Goulder has been obsessed with a particularly captivating idea: In the hunt for an HIV cure, could children hold the answers? Starting in the mid-2010s, the University of Oxford pediatrician and immunologist began working with scientists in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, with the aim of tracking several hundred children who had acquired HIV from their …

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Experimental HIV vaccines show promise in early safety test

Experimental HIV vaccines show promise in early safety test

New HIV vaccines have shown promise in studies with lab animals and human volunteers, pointing to a potential way of preventing the lifelong viral disease. These experimental vaccines are built upon mRNA technology and several triggered potent immune responses in these early tests, while also causing few side effects. Scientists described the new vaccines in a pair of studies published …

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EU regulator green lights injectable HIV drug that could help stop transmission | News

EU regulator green lights injectable HIV drug that could help stop transmission | News

LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended authorizing a twice-yearly injectable drug aimed at preventing HIV, which scientists say could help end the virus’ transmission. In a statement on Friday, the EU drug regulator said its evaluations of lenacapavir, sold as Yeytuo in Europe by Gilead Sciences, showed the drug is “highly effective” and “considered to be of …

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European Medicines Agency gives the green light for twice-yearly HIV prevention drug

European Medicines Agency gives the green light for twice-yearly HIV prevention drug

LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended authorizing a twice-yearly injectable drug aimed at preventing HIV, which scientists say could help end the virus’ transmission. In a statement on Friday, the EU drug regulator said its evaluations of lenacapavir, sold as Yeytuo in Europe by Gilead Sciences, showed the drug is “highly effective” and “considered to be of …

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Exclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs – The Wall Street Journal

Exclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs  The Wall Street Journal Kennedy considering firing members of preventive services task force  NBC News Kennedy to Oust Care Task Force, WSJ Reports; HHS Says No Decision Yet  U.S. News & World Report RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, WSJ Reports  Bloomberg.com US Health Secretary Kennedy to …

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