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RMS Hospital COVID Fund

Please join us in saving lives! Doctors’ Goodwill Foundation is helping raise money to fund the COVID care unit at the RMS Hospital in Dhandhuka, Gujarat, India and any donation will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause which will directly result in saving countless lives. The COVID pandemic…

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Opioid vaccine in the works

Opioid vaccine in the works Opioid addicts wage a daily war over whether or not to use a drug whose side effect can be death. If those same addicts, however, had the choice to take an opioid vaccine once or twice a year, their internal struggle could be over. With a $25 million grant from…

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STD Awareness Week 12 to 18

About STD Awareness Week STD Awareness Week, observed the second full week in Aprilpdf icon, provides an opportunity to raise awareness about STDs and how they impact our lives; reduce STD-related stigma, fear, and discrimination; and ensure people have the tools and knowledge to prevent, test for, and treat STDs. For years, the U.S. has…

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World Health Day 7th April, 2021

https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/2021   Data Courtcy   World Health Day 2021 Building a fairer, healthier world On World Health Day, 7 April 2021, we will be inviting you to join a new campaign to build a fairer, healthier world. We’ll be posting more details here shortly, but here’s why we’re doing this: Our world is an unequal one.…

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National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is April 10

Young people make up 5% of the 1.1 million people in the U.S. living with HIV. Help strengthen the fight against HIV in youth by supporting safe and supportive schools, health education, and HIV testing.#NYHAAD Sexual health services, including HIV testing and treatment, can significantly improve an adolescent’s immediate and lifelong health. This #NYHAAD, check…

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HIV and Women

Data Source : https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/group/gender/women/index.html HIV and Women Español (Spanish) Though HIV diagnosesa among womenb have declined in recent years, more than 7,000 women received an HIV diagnosis in the United States (US) and dependent areas c in 2018. The Numbers  HIV Diagnoses New HIV Diagnoses Among Women by Transmission Category in the US and Dependent Areas, 2018 *Includes hemophilia,…

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New pre-clinical SHIV remission study shows progress in delaying viral load rebound

by The U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) Image Credit: CC0 Public Domain A recent preclinical study by U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) researchers showed that an experimental therapy combining a TLR7 agonist and two broadly neutralizing antibodies delayed viral rebound in SHIV-infected macaques after antiretroviral therapy (ART) interruption. The experimental combination therapy consisted…

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BEYOND RECOVERY: REBUILDING STD PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THE POST-COVID ERA

http://www.ncsddc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STD-Engage-2020-Briefing-David-Harvey-Clip-1-V02.mp4 David discussed STD prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact on STD programs, the STI National Strategic Plan, and the role of a new incoming administration. http://www.ncsddc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STD-Engage-2020-Briefing-David-Harvey-Clip-1-V02.mp4 http://www.ncsddc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STD-Engage-2020-Briefing-David-Harvey-Clip-4-V02-1.mp4 http://www.ncsddc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STD-Engage-2020-Briefing-David-Harvey-Clip-3-V02.mp4 Dr. Chris Hall Dr. Hall talked about the promise of at-home STD testing, and what needs to happen now – and post-pandemic – to realize…

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