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Older Adults Discover HIV/AIDS Isn’t A Young Person’s Disease

Ashley, 59, was hospitalized for appendicitis, but never suspected she had HIV, and neither did her doctors. She said the doctors told her she had a virus and that was it. To her, it was unreal that she had the one virus that people were deathly afraid of.

Mark Riegel, MD

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Researchers Nix HIV Vaccine Clinical Trial Over Disappointing Results

Researchers Nix HIV Vaccine Clinical Trial Over Disappointing Results

An HIV vaccine clinical trial is no longer happening after researchers found the vaccine ineffective in preventing new HIV infections.

Mark Riegel, MD

Missouri Lawmakers Want To Change HIV Charges

Missouri Lawmakers Want To Change HIV Charges

A group of Missouri lawmakers are looking to change a current state law about HIV they claim hasn’t been updated since its implementation in the 1980s.

Mark Riegel, MD

Researchers Use Body’s Antibodies To Produce HIV Vaccine

Researchers Use Body’s Antibodies To Produce HIV Vaccine

Researchers, for the last 40 years, have been working tirelessly to find a vaccine for the AIDS-causing virus. However, in most cases, their efforts end in failure. And, it’s why today’s researchers are trying out something else.

Mark Riegel, MD

Researchers Discover Nano-Sized Vesicles May Protect Women From HIV Infection

Researchers Discover Nano-Sized Vesicles May Protect Women From HIV Infection

Certain bacteria inside the vagina release nano-sized vesicles that may actually protect a woman from becoming infected with HIV. That’s according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Bologna, Italy and National Institutes of Health.

Mark Riegel, MD

Colorado’s Tragic Trifecta Of Funds Putting Residents At Risk For HIV and AIDS

Colorado’s Tragic Trifecta Of Funds Putting Residents At Risk For HIV and AIDS

Colorado HIV prevention funding cut after it was discovered the state health department had mismanaged a grant, leading to the $8 million refund in HIV and AIDS money.

Mark Riegel, MD

PrEP May Not Be Working As It Should For Some Users

PrEP May Not Be Working As It Should For Some Users

A 34-year-old gay man who began taking pre-exposure prophylaxis in December 2018 and was taking it every day was diagnosed with HIV in July 2019.

Mark Riegel, MD

Major Medical Mistakes Leaves 1,000+ With Uncertainty Over HIV and Other Infectious Diseases

Major Medical Mistakes Leaves 1,000+ With Uncertainty Over HIV and Other Infectious Diseases

A mistake in the sanitation process for surgical equipment may have led to the exposure of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV in over 1,000 surgical patients at an Indiana hospital.

Mark Riegel, MD

Online HIV-Positive Sperm Bank Launches Ahead of Dec. 1

Online HIV-Positive Sperm Bank Launches Ahead of Dec. 1

New Zealand has launched the world’s first-ever HIV-positive sperm bank in the hopes of decreasing the stigma the virus tends to carry.

Mark Riegel, MD

AGT Submits Potential Life-Changing HIV Report To FDA

AGT Submits Potential Life-Changing HIV Report To FDA

American Gene Technologies have submitted to the Food and Drug Administration a 1,000-page report that may contain an HIV/AIDS cure.

Mark Riegel, MD

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