Medications to prevent HIV not to interfere with hormones
One of the therapies that prevents HIV, made up of the drugs tenofovir and emtricitabine, has no significant interaction with the hormonal therapy that trans people receive to reaffirm their gender. Scientists at the University of California, San Diego, analyzed the first (and most widely used) therapy for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in transsexual people, both […]
The same genetic factor favors severe COVID and protects against HIV
A recent study identified a genetic factor that predisposes a person to a severe case of COVID-19, but would also provide protection if the same person were exposed to HIV. Swedish researcher Hugo Zeberg, who published his work in the PNAS scientific journal, found that a segment of chromosome 3, a part of human DNA, […]
A world without aids is not possible if women lack of sustainable future
On March 8th, 2022, the International Women’s Day, AHF countries’ in Latin American and Caribbean, joins international actions to improve the economic condition of women after the Covid-19 pandemic
Why Doesn’t a Condom Emoji Exist today?
About half of the people in the world today are active on social media and the number is only growing. While this was the tendency already, the COVID19 pandemic is pushing us to communicate to others constantly in a dynamic and fast way.
Elderly people with HIV would be more sedentary than those without it
As antiretroviral treatments have lengthened the lives of people with HIV, more research has been needed to better understand what it is like to grow old with this virus, even if it is kept under control with medication. In this line of research, a study carried out in the United States, included in the medical […]
Doctors Urge Global Equity in COVID-19 Treatments and Vaccines
It is the call of a global collective of nurses, doctors, emergency medical technicians, medical students and other health professionals. AIDS Healthcare Foundation joins thousands of medical professionals globally in signing an open letter calling on President Joe Biden to use the full power of the United States government to increase access to vaccines, treatments […]
Practical Questions And Answers About Covid-19 Testing
I have cold or flu symptoms, now what? Reminder: Some of the most common Covid-19 symptoms are body aches, headache, sore throat, stuffy/ runny nose, cough, diarrhea, which do not need to be present all at the same time and are also common among other respiratory viruses. Loss of smell and/or taste is more specific […]