US aid freeze puts HIV-positive orphans in Kenya at risk as medical supplies dwindle
Two-year-old Evans was brought to the Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi, Kenya a year ago, suffering from HIV and ...
This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rollout
Lenacapavir, a twice yearly injection that prevents HIV transmission, was named the breakthrough medicine of 2024. But ...
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Kenya’s HIV patients victims of US aid freeze
Nelson Otwoma, head of an HIV support group in Nairobi, said it was time for the government to take care of its own problems. “We are not Trump’s responsibility,” he said. Kenya’s health ...
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What happens to the body when HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people
HIV is spread by bodily fluids such as blood, breast milk or semen. It gradually weakens the body’s immune system and makes ...
Researchers look for the best ways to help people with HIV quit smoking
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment has gotten so good that people can take a pill once a day to achieve viral ...
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Islanders in Kenya already seeing impact of Trump's foreign aid freeze on HIV treatment
(J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press) UNICEF estimates that as of 2020, more than 111,000 children in Kenya were living with HIV. MacNeill said she recently visited a school with 220 ...
Fire in Kenya's main airport compound not disrupting flights, Kenya Airways says
A fire in the grounds of Kenya's main international airport in Nairobi on Friday evening was not near the airstrip, had not disrupted flights and was being contained, Kenya Airways said.
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Pepfar freeze: More than half a million of Kenya's most vulnerable children at risk
More than 500,000 vulnerable children in Kenya face a bleak future as the suspension of the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar) funding threatens to cut off vital support ...