About 450 patients at a Massachusetts hospital may have contracted hepatitis and HIV from improper intravenous drug injections and procedures over the past two years, hospital officials say. CNN reported in more detail. Salem Hospital said in a statement...
The man, dubbed the "Geneva patient", is the sixth person with HIV to have been declared in long-term remission. But he was not given a transplant with a mutation in the gene that blocks the virus, as in previous cases, according to France24. Five people were previously considered “cured” of HIV: patients…
A fifth person to go into remission from HIV has shared their story for the first time. This is stated in the ABC News story. “I'm really happy that I can tell my story,” says Paul Edmunds. Paul's story began after his coming out. A boy from a small...
A 66-year-old man, a longtime HIV patient, is successfully treated after a stem cell transplant, but this is not an option for most people with the virus, according to the Washington Post. The patient is in long-term remission after transplantation of blood stem cells containing a rare mutation, which increases the likelihood that…
The company announced that the first participants have been vaccinated as part of a Phase 1 clinical trial of an experimental HIV vaccine that uses Moderna mRNA technology, CNN reports. The trial, called IAVI G002, is being conducted in partnership with IAVI, a non-profit research organization. This is testing...
The woman's own immune system may have cured her of HIV, according to NBCNews. Researchers have not been able to find any viable HIV in the woman's body even after using highly sophisticated and sensitive tests to scan over 1 billion of her cells. A woman in Argentina became ...
There are prototypes of an HIV vaccine in Russia, said the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova. The BBC writes about this. “Russia has been participating in the development of a vaccine against HIV infection for quite a number of years, we have our own prototypes, we have our own vaccines. Research Center "Vector"…
A woman who was diagnosed with HIV nearly 30 years ago appears to be cured - without medication or a bone marrow transplant. The Daily Mail writes about this. Scientists have studied Lauryn Willenberg for decades, and the 66-year-old insists she never took medication to…
40-year-old Adam Castillejo became the second person in history to be cured of HIV. Writes about this BBC. According to doctors, 30 months have passed since the moment when a person stopped taking antiretroviral drugs, and traces of the reappearance of the virus in his body ...
The world's first HIV sperm bank, called Sperm Positive, opened on Wednesday, November 27, in New Zealand. Its goal is to reduce the stigma surrounding people living with the virus. The BBC writes about this. The bank's first donors were three New Zealand men...