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Thousands of Australians received infected blood, over decades. Now they’ll have their say

From the 1970s to the 1990s, an estimated 3,500–8,500 Australians acquired HIV or hepatitis C through infected blood or blood products. The exact number isn’t known and it may be substantially higher. Many people likely died without knowing they had been infected.

The Conversation · Sep 2

Gilead Wins Approval for a Single HIV Tablet Aimed at Patients Taking Handfuls of Pills Each Day

FDA approved Bixlenvo, a once-daily tablet combining bictegravir and lenacapavir for virologically suppressed adults on complex HIV regimens.

Medical Daily · Sep 1

Newborns with HIV Can Now Get a Second Generation Antiviral from Birth Under a Newly Expanded Federal Label

The FDA extended Tivicay PD to newborns from birth weighing at least 2 kg, closing a long-standing gap in infant HIV treatment options.

Medical Daily · Aug 26

Mpox Never Fully Left, and Federal Surveillance Now Points Toward Endemic Circulation in the United States

A CDC report on 5,322 mpox cases in 2024 and 2025 says persistent clade IIb spread suggests a shift toward endemic circulation.

Medical Daily · Aug 24

Why the Crocodile's Powerful Immune System Could Help Scientists Fight Antibiotic Resistance

An animal that should not survive its own habitatCrocodiles fight constantly. They lose limbs. They tear open each other's hides in territorial battles fought in water thick with fecal matter, rotting carcasses, and every pathogen a tropical swamp can produce. Their wounds almost never get infected. That observation, sitting in…

Times Life · Aug 22

NHS England is getting a breakthrough HIV drug – but the rest of the world needs it too

COMMENT: Game-changing HIV drug Lenacapavir will soon be saving lives across the country, writes Molly Thompson, yet marginalised communities in the global south who made this possible still don’t have access

The Independent UK · Aug 21

Man declared HIV positive by AIIMS, found negative after retest at another hospital; Consumer commission orders AIIMS Risihikesh to pay Rs 60,000

Man declared HIV positive by AIIMS Rishikesh was found to be HIV negative when retested at another hospital. A consumer commission has upheld a ruling of medical negligence against AIIMS Rishikesh, ordering it to pay Rs 60,000 in compensation after finding the institution could not justify repeated HIV positive entries…

The Economic Times · Aug 20

Five Infants Were Possibly Exposed to HIV Through Breast Milk Shared in a Social Media Group

Health officials traced five infants possibly exposed to HIV through breast milk shared online. All tested negative. What parents should know now.

Medical Daily · Aug 17

In 1993, a mother planted the first tree for her late son Ryan: Israel planned an entire 10,000-Tree forest around it

Jeanne White planted a tree in Israel to honor her son Ryan White's fight against AIDS. This act initiated a memorial forest for those lost to the epidemic. Ryan became a national symbol of courage and AIDS education advocate. His story highlighted discrimination and fear surrounding the disease. The forest…

The Times of India · Aug 15

Fiji’s HIV outbreak is a public health emergency. Pacific neighbours must step up

Delegates attending the Pacific HIV Symposium in Fiji next week will be confronting one of the region’s most urgent health challenges: the fastest growing HIV outbreak in the world.

The Conversation · Aug 14