AIDS

A breakthrough in the war against AIDS: In two trials, patients were “cured” of the disease

Two early trials found that engineered antibodies can lead to long-term HIV remission without ongoing treatment — not a full cure, but the most significant progress so far.

HIV is one of the most sophisticated viruses humanity has had to confront
AIDS Ribbon

World AIDS Day: HIV diagnoses in Israel drop 22% in 2024, Health Ministry reports

 FDA approves Yeztugo: Gilead's new twice-yearly HIV prevention injection.

New, promising oral HIV medication receives promising results in late-stage trial

 Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, departs the Rolls Building of the High Court in London, Britain June 7, 2023.

Prince Harry quits charity he founded after bullying accusations


Helping Israeli NGOs heal the world

Israeli aid to Nepal

Health Scan: Potential therapy to eliminate HIV virus

Also included: Which gender has better memory?

Long empty hospital corridor (illustrative)

Israeli research successful in identifying possible HIV, AIDS cure

Scientists have identified a protein that could practically eliminate the HIV virus.

A laboratory assistant

Art for a cause

More than 600 artists will display some 800 pieces of art in an exhibit that will take place in Bank Hapoalim’s main office in Tel Aviv.

Art by Menashe Kadishman

IDF to begin allowing HIV-positive soldiers

The announcement was made in honor of World AIDS Day.

The Givati Brigade completed a training exercise to prepare the soldiers for combat in the northern region

New cases of HIV carriers in Israel on a slow decline

Poll for World AIDS Day shows 65% of Israelis have never undergone an HIV test.

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Israel can prevent it

The Jerusalem Post

Israeli study shows circumcision reduces risk of HIV infection

Dr. Daniel Chemtob, director of the ministry’s department of Tuberculosis and AIDS, and colleagues have just published the study in the open-access 'Israel Journal of Health Policy Research'.

A rabbi holds an eight-day-old baby during a circumcision ceremony in Brussels, August 20, 2009.

Israeli scientist claims breakthrough in HIV research

A researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev found similarities between leukemia and HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

A scientist prepares protein samples for analysis in a lab at the Institute of Cancer Research in Sutton

A short history of AIDS

Prof. Peter Piot has been involved with HIV from its first discovery in humans as a researcher, clinician and UNAIDs official; His new book tells the story nearly 35 years since it became a pandemic.

World AIDS Day