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HIV

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2019
The fight against HIV isn't over yet
The virus has been eradicated from a second patient. In the 20 years since the first cure, the science of prevention and management has transformed.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 6, 2019
Chinese gay dating app Blued temporarily halts registration after underage users reportedly contracted HIV
Chinese gay dating app Blued is halting new user registration for a week, it said Sunday, following media reports that underage users caught HIV after going on dates set up via the world's largest networking app for the LGBT community.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Oct 18, 2018
A blue pill is stopping HIV, world-first study shows
An antiviral pill taken daily by thousands of men across Sydney and other parts of Australia led to a globally unprecedented reduction in new HIV cases, showing that a targeted, preventative approach may accelerate progress on ending the AIDS epidemic.
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2018
China heart drug sold globally may have had cancer-linked impurity since 2012
A common blood pressure and heart drug manufactured in bulk by a Chinese company and sold worldwide may have contained an impurity linked to cancer since 2012, European regulators said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 13, 2018
Prince Harry and Elton John to launch coalition against HIV in men
Britain's Prince Harry and music star Elton John are joining forces to launch a "global coalition" focused on treating HIV infections in men, the singer's AIDS charity said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 15, 2018
Hong Kong scientists say new research points to universal antibody drug for HIV
A team of AIDS researchers in Hong Kong says its new research, tested on mice, indicates a functional cure for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, eventually leading to a new antibody that could be used for both prevention and treatment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 30, 2017
Japan to offer free HIV testing in annual company health checks to encourage early detection
Fewer people are getting tested, and the government is looking for ways to turn that around.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 29, 2017
Trump's planned HIV aid cuts could spell 9 million life years lost in South Africa, Cote d'Ivoire: UNAIDS
U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to cut foreign aid supporting HIV/AIDS treatment could cost 9 million years of lost life in South Africa and Cote d'Ivoire, according to a global study released on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 1, 2017
Philippines has highest HIV infection growth rate in Asia-Pacific, U.N. says
The Philippines has registered the fastest-growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Asia-Pacific in the past six years with a 140 percent increase in the number of new infections, the health ministry and the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 1, 2016
Takeda drug could be part of functional cure for HIV: study
Dr. Anthony Fauci doesn't get too excited about the results of animal studies, and he doesn't make house calls.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 8, 2016
Looking back at Magic Johnson's stunning HIV announcement 25 years later
Sports is fun, and sports is games. But it can often be so much more than just fun and games, the toy store of the real world. Sometimes it can be the leader of society, and not just its weather vane, not the remnant Of the public's conventional wisdom but the leader in societal change for the better....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 2, 2016
Is the Philippines' 'war on drugs' fueling an HIV epidemic?
As Rosita leaves Jose's small office in downtown Cebu in the central Philippines, he passes her a handful of biscuits and six clean needles. What Jose has just done could land him in jail.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 4, 2015
Ex-girlfriend sues Charlie Sheen in first known lawsuit over HIV status
A former girlfriend of Charlie Sheen on Thursday sued the actor for assault, negligence and emotional distress, saying they had sex at least five times before he revealed he was HIV-positive.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 3, 2015
Study finds gorilla origins in half of human AIDS virus lineages
Revealing new details about the origins of AIDS, scientists said on Monday half the lineages of the main type of human immunodeficiency virus, HIV-1, originated in gorillas in Cameroon before infecting people, probably via bushmeat hunting.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 28, 2014
Four officials reprimanded in China over developer's AIDS scare tactics
Police in central China detained five people and four officials were reprimanded after a construction firm reportedly employed HIV/AIDS sufferers to scare residents into vacating their houses, the state news agency reported on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 26, 2014
Chinese city probes 'AIDS demolition team' threatening residents
A city in central China is investigating reports that workers tasked with demolishing homes for a new development are threatening to infect residents with AIDS if they don't move out, state media reported on Wednesday.

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