HIV infections could jump over 6 times if US support is dropped and not replaced, UNAIDS chief says
The head of the U.N. AIDS agency says the number of new HIV infections could jump more than six times by 2029 if American ...
Business and Financial Times on MSN4d
The U.S. State Department’s funding freeze: – Is it time for Africa to look within for life-saving medicines?
As of 2023, the global burden of HIV exceeded 39 million, with Africa bearing over two-thirds of this burden (1).An estimated 10.8 million people fell ill with TB in 2023, and roughly a quarter of all ...
Bay Area Reporter4d
CDC, other agencies scrub HIV, transgender web content
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal agencies have altered or removed hundreds of pages of ...
Iowa Public Radio16d
Trump pauses funding for anti-HIV program that prevented 26 million AIDS deaths
It also offers testing and education on HIV/AIDS. According to a State Department fact sheet, PEPFAR has saved the lives of an estimated 26 million people since its inception. The program has a ...
NDTV19d
Does Covid Vaccine Contain AIDS Causing Viruses? A Fact-Check
CLAIM: HIV is part of the composition of COVID-19 vaccines FACT: False. An experimental vaccine developed by Professor Keith Chappell, a molecular virologist, in 2020 incorporated a small HIV ...
Reuters19d
Zimbabwe fears US withdrawal from WHO will hit HIV/AIDS programmes
Warning that a U.S. withdrawal could signal cuts in health aid to countries such as Zimbabwe, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said: "Any country with an HIV/AIDS challenge will be impacted." ...
Deccan Chronicle20d
FACT CHECK: Does the COVID-19 vaccine contain AIDS causing viruses?
FACT: False. An experimental vaccine developed by Professor Keith Chappell, a molecular virologist, in 2020 incorporated a small HIV protein segment but posed no risk of HIV transmission.
The Washington Post21d
Fact-checking President Trump’s 2025 inaugural address
Inaugural addresses, with their emphasis on lofty rhetoric, are generally not fertile ground for fact-checking. But President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration speech was more akin to a State of ...
Rappler24d
FACT CHECK: Viral posts on ‘HIV-infected’ needles in blood tests a hoax – DOH
Similar claims of Islamic State members supposedly 'spreading AIDS' circulated ... virus (HIV) through contaminated needles used in blood sugar tests. Why we fact-checked this: Several variations ...
Medical Xpress24d
A chain reaction: HIV vaccines can lead to antibodies against antibodies
But Scripps Research scientists have now discovered that for some HIV vaccines, something else happens: after a few immunizations the immune system begins to produce antibodies against immune ...
USA Today24d
Meta Platforms is ending its fact-checking program. That could be risky for the stock
Last week, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) said that it is shutting down the third-party fact-checking programs on its social media platforms. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg says that those ...
The Motley Fool25d
Meta Platforms Is Ending Its Fact-Checking Program. That Could Be Risky for the Stock
Zuckerberg says that in the absence of a third-party fact-checking program, users will be able to effectively regulate the platform themselves using a "community notes" system. If you use X ...