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Eight employers who challenged some federal health insurance requirements cannot be forced to provide no-cost coverage for certain types of preventive care, including HIV prep and some kinds of cancer screenings, a federal appeals court in New Orleans ...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The government has framed stringent new regulations and raised the entry barrier for setting up new blood banks and centres to curb the culture of replacement donation and ‘professional donors’ who increase the risk of transfusion infections.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: The Union government has ordered a nationwide audit of all 4,153 licensed blood banks and centres after children in some states tested HIV-positive following allegedly contaminated transfusions, according to two government officials and a document that Mint reviewed. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has started risk-based inspections of all blood centres and any facility not compliant with the standards will be closed down, the officials said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: India’s drug regulator, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), plans to tighten rules on the sale and distribution of emergency contraceptive pills, including levonorgestrel formulations, sold under brand names such as Unwanted-72 and i-pill, and ulipristal pills sold as ella. The move, aimed at preventing habitual overuse and ensuring women have access to critical safety information, will require these pills to carry QR codes on their packaging, according to two officials and a document reviewed by Mint.

Trump administration has cancelled several international aid projects, including contracts supporting HIV, polio, and malaria programmes in some of the world’s most impoverished communities. Earlier this week, the administration officially terminated these contracts through brief, direct emails. Around 5,800 contracts under USAID have been revoked. These included vital projects such as refugee aid, tuberculosis clinics, and polio vaccination initiatives, according to The New York Times.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It is most welcome that external affairs minister S Jaishankar has said that India and Japan are well-positioned to support Africa’s sustainable development, even as the US government has frozen the funds its aid agency, USAID, used to disburse, including for anti-retroviral drugs that prevent patients infected by the HIV virus from developing full-blown AIDS, demining operations and immunisation.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Elon Musk a day after U.S. President Donald Trump promised to cut the country's funding over a land expropriation law

Bill Gates have recently revealed that he had a significant and lengthy dinner with US President Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago where they discussed various global health issues specifically the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), reported Business Insider.

(Bloomberg) — Charities, diplomats and foreign officials around the world are frantically trying to figure out what will happen to the US agency that doles out over $40 billion in aid for everything from life-saving HIV programs in Africa to funding for Ukraine amid the Trump administration’s assault on a cornerstone of the country’s global influence.

Lupin on Friday said it has received approval from the US health regulator to market a generic HIV medication in the US market. The company has received tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) under the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for Abacavir, Dolutegravir and Lamivudine tablets, the Mumbai-base drug maker said in a statement.

Lupin will remain in focus on Thursday after the drugmaker received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for HIV tablets emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide tablets, 200 mg/25 mg. «We wish to confirm that the Company has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Emtricitabine and Tenofovir Alafenamide Tablets, 200 mg/25 mg, to market a generic equivalent of Descovy® Tablets, 200 mg/25 mg of Gilead Sciences, Inc,» Lupin said in an exchange filing.

A twice-yearly shot that prevents HIV infections will be available at low cost in 120 poor countries

The number of new HIV diagnoses among heterosexual individuals has risen sharply, highlighting an urgent need for awareness and education about the virus. Health experts are advising that more robust action is required to reduce new HIV. Experts say this indicates that robust measure is needed to reduce new HIV diagnoses among heterosexuals. Also Read: October boost for Donald Trump: Flurry of polls give the ex-President edge in U.S elections

Tripura State AIDS Control Society (TSACS). «We have so far registered 828 students who are HIV positive. Out of them, 572 students are still alive and we have lost 47 people due to the dreaded infection. Many of the students have migrated out of Tripura for higher studies in coveted institutions across the country,» a senior official of the TSACS said. Tripura AIDS Control Society has identified students from as many as 220 schools and 24 colleges and universities who take injectable drugs. Not only this, the recent data shows that almost every day, five to seven new cases of HIV are being detected, a senior official of TSACS has said.

Tripura is confronting a devastating HIV outbreak among its student population, driven largely by injectable drug use. According to officials from the Tripura State AIDS Control Society (TSACS), 828 students have tested positive for HIV, and 47 have tragically lost their lives due to the epidemic. Extent of the HIV Outbreak The crisis has spread across 220 schools and 24 colleges and universities in Tripura, where injectable drug abuse among students has facilitated the rapid transmission of HIV. TSACS officials have reported detecting five to seven new cases daily, underscoring the urgency of addressing the situation comprehensively.

HIV infection. The trial tested whether the six-month injection of lenacapavir would provide better protection against HIV infection than two other drugs, both daily pills. All three medications are pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) drugs. Physician-scientist Linda-Gail Bekker, principal investigator for the South African part of the study, tells Nadine Dreyer what makes this breakthough so significant and what to expect next.

The final report of the U.K.’s infected blood inquiry has been published, six years after it started its work

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live Updates: Polling begins at 7 am, Smriti Irani, Rahul Gandhi in fray Among the notable constituencies, Amethi and Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh stand out as traditional bastions of the Congress party. Rahul Gandhi, a significant figure in the Congress, is contesting from Raebareli, a seat that has been represented by his mother, Sonia Gandhi, since 2004.

At least three women contracted HIV after receiving a trendy skincare treatment in New Mexico, according to a detailed report of the outbreak investigation.

Researchers have found that most cancer drugs granted accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration do not deliver on their early promise

Madras High Court on Wednesday held Tamil Nadu Youth Welfare & Sports minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's comments on Sanatana Dharma as «divisive» and against the “Constitutional principles” while refusing to issue writ of quo warranto to remove him, his ministerial colleague Sekar Babu and DMK MP A Raja (Nilgiris) from their ministerial positions. Justice Anita Sumanth said persons holding Constitutional positions must not make divisive comments, and Stalin Jr's remarks equating Sanatana Dharma to HIV, AIDS, Malaria etc., were `perverse.' Such claims about Sanatana Dharma which were unverified in nature amounted to spreading misinformation, the Judge said, disposing of a petition from the Hindu Munnani, which took serious objection to Stalin Jr's comments, and questioned their continuation in office after making such remarks in public, while praying for a writ of quo warranto.