INEWS : declared in HIV 'could be eliminated' after dramatic fall in new cases

The fall was most apparent in new HIV testers," experts at Public Health England (PHE) and other institutions write. High levels of HIV testing, particularly among those most at risk of HIV and earlier treatment among those who were diagnosed with HIV is not only highly effective but also prevents passing on the virus. "This coincided with high HIV testing volumes and rapid initiation of treatment on diagnosis. If HIV testing of MSM at high-risk of HIV is intensified, combined with a wide-scale immediate access to anti-retroviral therapy, is replicated elsewhere, a "substantial reduction" in HIV transmission among MSM could probably be achieved nationally, the experts write. The similarity of the MSM HIV epidemic in England to elsewhere in western Europe suggests a similar approach in these countries might be equally successful," they conclude.

Bay County initiative aims to stop new HIV infections

Digital access or digital and print delivery. Choose the plan that's right for you.


There were an estimated 309 diagnoses of HIV in the Jacksonville metro area in 2015, AIDSVu reported. The South has about 37 percent of the country's population, but accounted for more than half of all new HIV diagnoses (52percent) and deaths among persons diagnosed with HIV (49 percent). One factor that could cause a spike in new HIV diagnoses is the growing Marijuana epidemic, Sullivan said. "That could lead to a new chapter in the HIV epidemic," Sullivan said. It could also help explain the fact that while the number of new HIV diagnoses among all persons in the U.S. decreased by18 percent between 2008 and 2015, new diagnoses among people aged 13 to 24 increased by 2 percent.


collected by :Lucy William
To follow all the new news about

VIRUSES and INFECTIONS