Antiretroviral drugs could help memory

A research team has discovered an unexpected new use for one of the drugs designed to control HIV, known as antiretroviral. It is the drug called maraviroc, which seems to have the ability to restore a type of memory that allows us to link an event, for example, a wedding, with the people we saw […]

Chile apologizes for sterilizing a woman with HIV without her authorization

The Chilean government, in the voice of the current president, Gabriel Boric, offered a public apology to Francisca, a woman who at the age of 20 was sterilized without her consent in a public hospital, after prenatal tests detected that she had the HIV. Before this act, the regional director of the Joint United Nations […]

Women with HIV are at increased risk of diabetes

Although HIV infection is controlled, a person living with the virus is more exposed to health risks than if they did not have it. For example, diseases related to age or unhealthy habits, such as hypertension or diabetes, occur more frequently in people with HIV than in the rest of the population. In the case […]

The closest place to eliminating HIV is in Australia

According to official reports, there is a case so far unique in the world in which a state will manage to eliminate HIV by 2025, that is, five years before the global goal, set for 2030. This is New South Wales, a state located southeast of Australia with a population of just over 8 million […]