Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is considered to be a virus that, once contracted, you have for life. But scientists say they've found a woman whose body was able to get rid of the virus on its own—and it's only the second time this has ever been reported. The case of …
Read More »A 30-Year-Old Woman Has Become the Second Person to Be 'Cured' of HIV Without Treatment in Rare Case
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is considered to be a virus that, once contracted, you have for life. But scientists say they've found a woman whose body was able to get rid of the virus on its own—and it's only the second time this has ever been reported. The case of …
Read More »Billy Porter Is HIV Positive-Here's What That Means and Why He's Going Public 14 Years Later
Billy Porter, the Emmy-winning actor who plays an HIV-positive character in the FX series "Pose," is coming out—as HIV positive. Porter disclosed his status in an exclusive interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Wednesday. The 51-year-old revealed that he was diagnosed with HIV more than a decade ago but hid …
Read More »Billy Porter Is HIV Positive-Here's What That Means and Why He's Going Public 14 Years Later
Billy Porter, the Emmy-winning actor who plays an HIV-positive character in the FX series "Pose," is coming out—as HIV positive. Porter disclosed his status in an exclusive interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Wednesday. The 51-year-old revealed that he was diagnosed with HIV more than a decade ago but hid …
Read More »There May Be a Scary Link Between Vampire Facials and HIV
People who visited one spa in New Mexico may have ended up with more than just glowing skin—they might have contracted HIV. That's the warning coming from the New Mexico Department of Health, who are urging customers of the VIP Spa, in Albuquerque, to consider getting tested for HIV after …
Read More »There May Be a Scary Link Between Vampire Facials and HIV
People who visited one spa in New Mexico may have ended up with more than just glowing skin—they might have contracted HIV. That's the warning coming from the New Mexico Department of Health, who are urging customers of the VIP Spa, in Albuquerque, to consider getting tested for HIV after …
Read More »A Patient Was Cured of HIV for the Second Time in History. Here's What That Means
For the second time in history, medicine has achieved what was once the unthinkable: Not just a treatment for HIV-AIDS, but what seems to be an outright cure. A person known only as the "London patient" has been free of the HIV virus for more than a year since receiving …
Read More »A Patient Was Cured of HIV for the Second Time in History. Here's What That Means
For the second time in history, medicine has achieved what was once the unthinkable: Not just a treatment for HIV-AIDS, but what seems to be an outright cure. A person known only as the "London patient" has been free of the HIV virus for more than a year since receiving …
Read More »New Jersey Medical Center May Have Exposed This Patient to Hepatitis B—Could It Happen Near You?
Nearly 4,000 patients of a New Jersey medical facility received some worrying news recently when they were urged to get tested for HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. The HealthPlus Surgery Center in the town of Saddle Brook informed people who underwent procedures between January 1 and September 7 of …
Read More »New Jersey Medical Center May Have Exposed This Patient to Hepatitis B—Could It Happen Near You?
Nearly 4,000 patients of a New Jersey medical facility received some worrying news recently when they were urged to get tested for HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. The HealthPlus Surgery Center in the town of Saddle Brook informed people who underwent procedures between January 1 and September 7 of …
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