A twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS. But will it get to everyone who needs it?
1 month, 1 week ago

A twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS. But will it get to everyone who needs it?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a statement, Gilead said it has “an ongoing commitment to helping enable access to HIV prevention and treatment options where the need is the greatest.” Among the 120 countries eligible for generic version are 18 mostly African countries that comprise 70% of the world’s HIV burden. The drugmaker said it is also working on establishing “fast, efficient pathways to reach all people who need or want lenacapavir for HIV prevention.” On Thursday, 15 advocacy groups in Peru, Argentina, Ecuador, Chile, Guatemala and Colombia wrote to Gilead, asking for generic Sunlenca to be made available in Latin America, citing the “alarming” inequity in access to new HIV prevention tools while infection rates were rising. But he said the rising HIV rates among groups including gay men and transgender populations constituted “a public health emergency” in Latin America. Asia Russell, executive director of the advocacy group Health Gap, said that with more than 1 million new HIV infections globally every year, established prevention methods are not enough.

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A twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS. But will it get to everyone who needs it?
1 month, 1 week ago

A twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS. But will it get to everyone who needs it?

Live Mint  

MEXICO CITY — It’s been called the closest the world has ever come to a vaccine against the AIDS virus. In a statement, Gilead said it has “an ongoing commitment to helping enable access to HIV prevention and treatment options where the need is the greatest.” Among the 120 countries eligible for generic version are 18 mostly African countries that …

A twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS. But will it get to everyone who needs it?
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1 month, 1 week ago

A twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS. But will it get to everyone who needs it?

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — It’s been called the closest the world has ever come to a vaccine against the AIDS virus. In a statement, Gilead said it has “an ongoing commitment to helping enable access to HIV prevention and treatment options where the need is the greatest.” Among the 120 countries eligible for generic version are 18 mostly African countries that …

Global HIV rates drop by 20 percent Challenges to end AIDS by 2030 remain
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1 month, 1 week ago

Global HIV rates drop by 20 percent Challenges to end AIDS by 2030 remain

India Today  

A new Lancet study has revealed significant global progress in reducing HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths. However, the 1.3 million new HIV cases reported in 2023 are still more than three times higher than the level needed to meet the United Nations' goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, the agency said. Over a million people …

'Remarkable global progress': HIV cases and deaths declining
1 month, 1 week ago

'Remarkable global progress': HIV cases and deaths declining

Raw Story  

by Julien Dury The number of new HIV infections and deaths has fallen across the world, marking significant progress in the fight against the disease. - Uneven progress - During the 2010s, the number of HIV infections across the world declined by a fifth, according to a major study published in The Lancet HIV journal on Tuesday. "The world has …

Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is 'stunning'
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is 'stunning'

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The prospect of a twice-a-year …

Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is 'stunning'
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is 'stunning'

Hindustan Times  

CE TOWN, South Africa — Twice-yearly shots used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections in women, according to study results published Wednesday. Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is 'stunning' There were no infections in the young women and girls that got the shots in a study of about 5,000 in …

Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is ‘stunning’
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is ‘stunning’

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Twice-yearly shots used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections in women, according to study results published Wednesday. The prospect of a twice-a-year shot is “quite revolutionary news” for our patients, said Thandeka Nkosi, who helped run the Gilead research at the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation in Masiphumelele, South Africa. “Gilead has …

Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is ‘stunning’
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is ‘stunning’

New Indian Express  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa: Twice-yearly shots used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections in women, according to study results published Wednesday. In the new study, only about 30% of participants given Gilead’s Truvada or Descovy prevention pills actually took them — and that figure dropped over time. The prospect of a twice-a-year shot is “quite revolutionary …

UN says nearly 40 million people had HIV in 2023, lack of treatment means someone died every minute
5 months, 2 weeks ago

UN says nearly 40 million people had HIV in 2023, lack of treatment means someone died every minute

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Nearly 40 million people were living with the HIV virus that causes AIDS last year, over 9 million weren’t getting any treatment, and the result was that every minute someone died of AIDS-related causes, the U.N. said in a new report launched Monday. While advances are being made to end the global AIDS pandemic, the report said …

HEALTH | ‘End to AIDS’ possible by 2030: UN
1 year, 5 months ago

HEALTH | ‘End to AIDS’ possible by 2030: UN

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 15, 2023 13:01 IST - 2 MINS READ It is possible to end AIDS by 2030, the United Nations said on July 13. “We have a solution if we follow the leadership of countries that have forged strong political commitments to put people first and invest in evidence-based HIV prevention and treatment programs,” the UNAIDS agency said …

Deal Reached for Generic Drug to Prevent HIV in Low-income Countries with Most Infections
2 years, 5 months ago

Deal Reached for Generic Drug to Prevent HIV in Low-income Countries with Most Infections

News 18  

A deal has been reached to allow for distribution of a low-cost generic version of a long-term preventative treatment against HIV in low-income countries where most of the world’s infections occur, Unitaid and the Medicines Patent Pool announced Thursday. The deal will provide access to the injectable version of cabotegravir, which has been shown to provide two months of protection …

Syringe shortfall threatens Africa’s COVID vaccine drive
3 years, 2 months ago

Syringe shortfall threatens Africa’s COVID vaccine drive

Al Jazeera  

UNICEF is predicting an ‘imminent shortfall’ of up to 2.2 billion of the single-use syringes used to give jabs. Africa’s struggle to inoculate people against COVID-19 risks being hobbled by a shortage of syringes just as supplies of vaccines flood into the continent, the World Health Organization said. UNICEF, the United Nation’s fund for children, is predicting an “imminent shortfall” …

WHO, partners aim to get Africa 30% of needed doses by Feb
3 years, 3 months ago

WHO, partners aim to get Africa 30% of needed doses by Feb

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The World Health Organization and its partners said they hope to provide Africa with about 30% of the COVID-19 vaccines the continent needs by February, badly missing the 60% vaccination coverage goal that African leaders had once hoped for this year. At a press briefing Tuesday, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called the massive disparity in vaccination rates …

WHO urges rich countries to hold off on booster shots until 2022
3 years, 4 months ago

WHO urges rich countries to hold off on booster shots until 2022

Al Jazeera  

Agency chief calls for an extension of proposed moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to enable every country to inoculate at least 40 percent of its population. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said he was “appalled” at comments by a leading association of pharmaceutical manufacturers a day earlier who said vaccine supplies …

COVID-19 still has a ‘devastating toll’ on the Americas: PAHO
3 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19 still has a ‘devastating toll’ on the Americas: PAHO

Al Jazeera  

During the last week, more than 1.26 million new cases and nearly 29,000 deaths in the Americas have been reported. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have “a devastating toll” on the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday, with Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, and Paraguay among the countries with the world’s highest weekly death rates. PAHO Director Carissa …

'When Will it End?': How Mutating Covid-19 is Keeping Scientists Up at Nights
3 years, 10 months ago

'When Will it End?': How Mutating Covid-19 is Keeping Scientists Up at Nights

News 18  

Chris Murray, a University of Washington disease expert whose projections on COVID-19 infections and deaths are closely followed worldwide, is changing his assumptions about the course of the pandemic. Many described how the breakthrough late last year of two vaccines with around 95% efficacy against COVID-19 had initially sparked hope that the virus could be largely contained, similar to the …

'Premature, unrealistic' to think Covid pandemic will be stopped by end of 2021: WHO
3 years, 10 months ago

'Premature, unrealistic' to think Covid pandemic will be stopped by end of 2021: WHO

India Today  

A senior World Health Organization official said Monday it was "premature" and "unrealistic" to think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year, but that the recent arrival of effective vaccines could at least help dramatically reduce hospitalizations and death. WHO's director-general, meanwhile, said it was "regrettable" that younger and healthier adults in some rich countries are …

We Still Don’t Know How Well Covid Vaccines Stop Transmission
55 years ago

We Still Don’t Know How Well Covid Vaccines Stop Transmission

Wired  

This week, the US passed a grim milestone in the ongoing coronavirus crisis: 500,000 deaths, more than the number of Americans killed in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War combined. The first, a leaked manuscript first reported by Israeli news site Ynet before being covered by MIT Technology Review, Bloomberg, The Financial Times, and Vox, found …

You Think The U.S. Has Vaccine Issues? 130 Countries Haven't Even Started Vaccinating
3 years, 10 months ago

You Think The U.S. Has Vaccine Issues? 130 Countries Haven't Even Started Vaccinating

NPR  

You Think The U.S. Has Vaccine Issues? 130 Countries Haven't Even Started Vaccinating Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael Dantas/AFP via Getty Images Michael Dantas/AFP via Getty Images In some countries, citizens are grumbling about the inefficient rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. "I think that there is a lot of concern," says Sergio Litewka, a professor of surgery and ethics at …

WHO recognises 'concerning news' of COVID-19 vaccines not working against variants
3 years, 10 months ago

WHO recognises 'concerning news' of COVID-19 vaccines not working against variants

Firstpost  

Booster shots will likely be needed, since new virus variants are spreading globally and likely to become the predominant strains. The head of the World Health Organization said Monday the emergence of new COVID-19 variants has raised questions about whether or not existing vaccines will work, calling it “concerning news” that the vaccines developed so far may be less effective …

The world’s pandemic exit plan hits a snag
3 years, 10 months ago

The world’s pandemic exit plan hits a snag

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in the February 9 edition of CNN’s Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. CNN — A group of experts will present their recommendations to the World Health Organization on Tuesday on how countries should be using AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, following a study that suggested it offered limited protection against a variant first identified in South …

Serum Institute seeks approval to conduct local trial for Novavax Covid vaccine
3 years, 11 months ago

Serum Institute seeks approval to conduct local trial for Novavax Covid vaccine

Live Mint  

The world's largest vaccine manufacturer, the Serum Institute of India, has sought the Drugs Controller General of India's permission to conduct a small domestic trial of the Novavax coronavirus vaccine that was found to be 89.3% effective in a UK trial, its Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla told news agency Reuters on Friday. Earlier today, Novavax said that its Covid-19 …

Amid vaccine rollout, global Covid-19 death toll hits 2 million-mark
3 years, 11 months ago

Amid vaccine rollout, global Covid-19 death toll hits 2 million-mark

India Today  

The global death toll from Covid-19 topped 2 million Friday, crossing the threshold amid a vaccine rollout so immense but so uneven that in some countries there is real hope of vanquishing the outbreak, while in other, less-developed parts of the world, it seems a far-off dream. "There's been a terrible amount of death," said Dr. Ashish Jha, a pandemic …

COVID-19 herd immunity unlikely in 2021 despite vaccine rollout in several nations: WHO
3 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 herd immunity unlikely in 2021 despite vaccine rollout in several nations: WHO

Firstpost  

Scientists estimate that a vaccination rate of about 70% is needed for herd immunity, where entire populations are protected against an infection Geneva: The World Health Organization’s chief scientist warned that even as numerous countries start rolling out vaccination programs to stop COVID-19, herd immunity is highly unlikely this year. “Even as vaccines start protecting the most vulnerable, we’re not …

A Variant Spreads, Vaccine Efforts Accelerate, and More Coronavirus News
55 years ago

A Variant Spreads, Vaccine Efforts Accelerate, and More Coronavirus News

Wired  

US numbers continue to worsen, vaccine efforts accelerate worldwide, and researchers examine a new virus variant. Headlines The pandemic is likely to get worse in the US even as vaccinations continue The US’ daily coronavirus death toll has reached a record high on five of the last 10 days, and it topped 4,000 on Thursday as cases continue to rise …

Rich countries are hoarding COVID-19 vaccines. Elsewhere, the pandemic may keep killing for years
4 years ago

Rich countries are hoarding COVID-19 vaccines. Elsewhere, the pandemic may keep killing for years

LA Times  

An Israeli nurse prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at the Barzilai Medical Center in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. Rich nations have gobbled up nearly all the global supply of the two leading COVID-19 vaccines through the end of 2021, leaving many middle-income countries to turn to unproven drugs developed by China and Russia while poorer states face long waits …

‘Moral issue’: African official blasts COVID vaccine inequality
4 years ago

‘Moral issue’: African official blasts COVID vaccine inequality

Al Jazeera  

Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director warned continent might not see vaccines until after the second quarter of 2021. Africa’s top public health official has said “it will be extremely terrible to see” rich countries receiving COVID-19 vaccines while African countries go without it, especially as a new surge in cases begins on the continent of 1.3 billion …

Covid response has shown world can end Aids as public health threat, say experts
4 years, 1 month ago

Covid response has shown world can end Aids as public health threat, say experts

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Referring to the “amazing amount of science and global …

Global Covid-19 Death Toll Could Hit 2 Million Before Vaccine in Wide Use, Says WHO
4 years, 3 months ago

Global Covid-19 Death Toll Could Hit 2 Million Before Vaccine in Wide Use, Says WHO

News 18  

GENEVA/ZURICH: The global death toll from COVID-19 could double to 2 million before a successful vaccine is widely used and could be even higher without concerted action to curb the pandemic, an official at the World Health Organization said on Friday. “We’re in discussions with China about the role they may play as we go forward,” said Bruce Aylward, WHO …

Coronavirus Vaccine Won’t Be Available to Everyone Before End of 2024, Says Serum Institute Chief
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus Vaccine Won’t Be Available to Everyone Before End of 2024, Says Serum Institute Chief

News 18  

Dampening hopes of a Covid-19 vaccine by year-end, the chief executive of the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines has said that adequate coronavirus vaccine will not be available for everybody in the world to be immunised until the end of 2024. The family-operated Serum Institute, which is in Pune, has partnered with five international pharmaceutical companies, including AstraZeneca and Novavax, …

Don't expect global vaccine against coronavirus until mid-2021, says WHO
4 years, 4 months ago

Don't expect global vaccine against coronavirus until mid-2021, says WHO

India Today  

The World Health Organization says it does not expect widespread immunisation against Covid-19 until mid-2021, despite growing expectations in the United States, the worst-hit nation, that a vaccine could be released within weeks. The UN health agency welcomed the fact that a "considerable number" of vaccine candidates had entered final stage trials, which typically involve tens of thousands of people. …

Life-saving HIV drugs risk running out as COVID-19 hits supplies: WHO
4 years, 6 months ago

Life-saving HIV drugs risk running out as COVID-19 hits supplies: WHO

Live Mint  

More than a third of the world's countries say they are at risk of running out of life-saving AIDS drugs because of disruptions to supply lines and other problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization said on Monday. "The findings of this survey are deeply concerning," the WHO's director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement …

Race for virus vaccine could leave some countries behind
4 years, 6 months ago

Race for virus vaccine could leave some countries behind

Associated Press  

LONDON — As the race intensifies for a vaccine against the new coronavirus, rich countries are rushing to place advance orders for the inevitably limited supply to guarantee their citizens get immunized first — leaving significant questions about whether developing countries will get any vaccines in time to save lives before the pandemic ends. Earlier this month, the United Nations, …

World AIDS Vaccine Day 2020: History, Significance, all you need to know
4 years, 7 months ago

World AIDS Vaccine Day 2020: History, Significance, all you need to know

India Today  

Each year May 18 is celebrated as World AIDS vaccine day to acknowledge the efforts of thousands of scientists and health professionals who are working relentlessly on finding a vaccine against Human immunodeficiency virus. World AIDS Vaccine Day 2020: History, Significance, all you need to know What is AIDS? Following an initial infection, a person may not notice any symptoms …

A vaccine for Covid-19 won’t be enough to end the pandemic: Report
4 years, 7 months ago

A vaccine for Covid-19 won’t be enough to end the pandemic: Report

Hindustan Times  

Medical experts have warned that the volume of vaccine available to fight the coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2 in coming years is expected to fall far short of global demand, despite an unprecedented effort to manufacture billions of doses. International health advocates want to avoid a repeat of 2009, when wealthy countries -- including the United States, led by former President Barack …

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