National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Oct 17, 2020
A brave new world after COVID-19 subsides?
World / Science & Health Jul 14, 2020
Poorer nations could see hundreds of thousands of additional deaths from HIV, tuberculosis and malaria as COVID-19 disrupts vital health services and access to life-saving treatment, new research warned Tuesday. Modeling the impact in countries that will bear the brunt of the three diseases over ...
World / Science & Health Jun 27, 2020
Heart, kidneys, pancreas: Scientists just starting to understand health effects of COVID-19
Besides respiratory issues, the virus that causes COVID-19 attacks many organ systems, in some cases causing catastrophic damage.
World / Science & Health May 21, 2020
Top HIV scientist says he wouldn't count on a vaccine for coronavirus soon
A top U.S. scientist said on Wednesday that governments should not count on a successful vaccine against COVID-19 being developed anytime soon when deciding whether to ease restrictions imposed to curb the pandemic. William Haseltine, a groundbreaking researcher of cancer, HIV/AIDS and human genome projects, ...
World / Science & Health May 12, 2020
Coronavirus lockdowns could spark rise in HIV infections, experts warn
A survey suggests at-risk people are reducing the number of sexual partners, but they are also taking fewer precautions and not getting tested for SDIs as frequently.
World / Science & Health Mar 19, 2020
HIV drug combo fails as treatment for severe COVID-19 in China study
A pill containing two HIV drugs that was touted as a potential treatment for the novel coronavirus was not effective, according to a study released late on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. A test in Chinese patients with severe COVID-19 disease found ...
World / Science & Health Mar 11, 2020
Second patient cured of HIV using stem cell transplant treatment
A second patient has been cured of HIV after undergoing stem cell transplant treatment, doctors said Tuesday, after finding no trace of infection 30 months after he stopped traditional treatment. The "London Patient," a cancer sufferer originally from Venezuela, made headlines last year when researchers ...
Commentary / Japan Feb 22, 2020
Japan can't run out the clock on coronavirus
by Adam Minter
Next month the Olympic torch will arrive in Japan for a four-month relay to launch the opening ceremonies for the Tokyo summer games. But rather than anticipating the sight of Olympic torchbearers, much of Japan is fixated on a different relay: hundreds of masked ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Jan 26, 2020
China names HIV drugs as part of treatment plan for Wuhan virus
China is using AbbVie Inc.'s HIV drugs as an ad-hoc treatment for pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus while the global search for a cure continues. The Beijing branch of China's National Health Commission said that a combination of lopinavir and ritonavir, sold under the ...
Business Dec 31, 2019
Facebook said on Monday it had removed some ads that contained misleading information about HIV prevention drugs following an outcry from activists, health experts and U.S. lawmakers. The ads linked the drugs, which are known as PrEP and designed to prevent HIV, to severe bone ...
National / Crime & Legal Sep 17, 2019
Hokkaido man with HIV awarded damages after being denied hospital job over condition
The Sapporo District Court court on Tuesday ordered a hospital operator in Sapporo to pay a man ¥1.65 million in damages after it refused to employ him last year for failing to report being HIV-positive. The court ruled that the Hokkaido man, in his 30s, ...
National / Science & Health Aug 29, 2019
Diagnosed HIV and AIDS infections down for second straight year in Japan
The combined number of people found to be infected with HIV or diagnosed with AIDS in Japan fell for the second straight year in 2018, the health ministry said Thursday. The total stood at 1,317, down by 72 from the previous year, the ministry said. An ...