HIV affects not only your physical health but also your mental health. We reviewed online support groups for the disease, so ...

The Will County Community Health Center has added an Infectious Disease Clinic to its list of medical services, offering STI ...

T he U.S. State Department has issued a memo stating that the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a program ...

Preexposure prophylaxis, known as PrEP, reduces the risk of new HIV infections through sex by 99% and among injectable drug ...

Latonia Wilkins knows she needs to be on PrEP due to her non-monogamous lifestyle. But the 52-year-old Atlanta mother has ...

Every year, an estimated 630,000 people in Africa die of HIV-related conditions, with around one third of these caused by bacterial, fungal and parasitic infections that attack the CNS.

Almost 1 in 10 patients receiving HIV care may have binge eating disorder (BED), a significantly higher rate than the 0.3% reported in the general population, according to a cross-sectional study.

He says immediate action is needed to curb the rising HIV rates and prevent further infections. Statistics reveal that 223 cases or 50.3percent have reported injecting drug use as a primary mode of ...

An additional 129 cases or 23% are currently under evaluation to determine their primary transmission routes. The Ministry conducted 45,677 lab-based HIV screenings and 5,173 point-of-care tests (POCT ...

How effective is PrEP? When taken as prescribed, PrEP reduces the risk of acquiring HIV infection through sexual activity by up to 99% and, for those who inject drugs, at least 74%. Medication ...

Fungal infections, such as athlete’s foot and ringworm, occur when one type of fungal microbe becomes too prevalent in one area of the body so that the immune system cannot defeat it.

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