A new initiative to provide life-saving treatment to patients who are unaware they are living with HIV and hepatitis B or C has been launched. Medway NHS Foundation Trust is spearheading the new ...

Columnist Leslie Kouba tells the story of longtime HIV survivor and activist Rob Toth, whose decades-long fight to live with ...

Long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy (ART) can be administered at home to persons living with HIV as safely and ...

The test does not carry any risks. A healthcare professional may take a small sample of blood with a needle or ask the person to collect their urine over 24 hours. Examining urine under a ...

Currently, 1,753,425 people living with HIV in Nigeria are aware of their status. Of these, 1,735,808 are receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART), including over 45,000 children. Among those on ...

For women, this can be done with a sperm immobilization test with a blood sample. Less commonly, your doctor may check your cervical mucus for antisperm antibodies. With men, an immunobead test ...

This effectively "reprograms" the infected cell, turning it into an HIV-producing factory. After producing thousands of new viruses, the infected cell eventually dies. Over the course of ... This is ...

Others may need at-home or over-the-counter (OTC ... However, it can also happen with meningitis, blood cancer, endocarditis, and sepsis. These are all serious conditions that need medical ...

Photos from the Chicago Cubs’ 6-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 19, 2025, at Wrigley Field. Cubs fans cheer after a fellow fan throws back a home run ball hit by Diamondbacks ...

Hospitals are using blood products which may put patients at risk of HIV and hepatitis, it was claimed yesterday. Experts fear that some seriously ill patients are being given plasma which has not ...

A common class of blood pressure medication prescribed to millions in the UK can trigger a chronic dry cough lasting up to three months, a general practitioner has warned. Angiotensin-converting ...

Patients who take a common drug for high blood pressure are being urged to check their medication after a batch was recalled over the wrong dose being printed on the box. The Medicines and Healthcare ...