AIDS

HIV: ‘VB’ is a new and more infectious variant – but it is treatable

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The new variant has been found mainly in the Netherlands and it is more infectious, but it can be detected with existing tests and responds to treatment Health 3 February 2022 By Clare Wilson A computer illustration of HIV infecting an immune system cell Science Photo Library / Alamy Stock Photo A more transmissible and … Read more

Antibiotic resistance killed more people than malaria or AIDS in 2019

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About 1.3 million deaths were directly caused by drug-resistant bacterial infections in 2019, a global study estimates Health 20 January 2022 By Jason Arunn Murugesu Illustration of drug-resistant Shigella bacteria Stephanie Rossow/CDC More than a million people died from antibiotic-resistant infections across the globe in 2019, hundreds of thousands more than malaria or HIV/AIDS, according … Read more