Hiv Infections
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‘Bug chasing’: Why some gay men fantasise about getting infected with HIV
Bug chasers fetishise the virus – and they come from a variety of backgrounds, generations, and countries.
Jaime García-Iglesias, The Conversation
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Unnao chief medical officer alerted in July about quack who caused HIV infections: Indian Express
At least 58 people, including four children, tested positive for the virus in recent check-up camps, the current CMO said.
Scroll Staff
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Uttar Pradesh: Police arrest fake doctor in Unnao for infecting 40 people with HIV
Some of those infected believe that they would soon recover.
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Trending
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Saba Naqvi: The Narendra Modi cult moves up another level
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India loses its status as ‘free’ in Freedom House’s 2021 report
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The changing map of India from 1 AD to the 20th century
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Watch: Actor Govinda dances with his daughter, Tina Ahuja. Video promptly goes viral
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Five videos that show the destructive force of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
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India among 10 countries that account for 95% of new HIV/AIDS infections in Asia-Pacific: UN report
The document said AIDS-related deaths have nearly halved across the globe since 2005.
Scroll Staff
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Did Mumbai blood banks supply HIV-infected blood – or are people misreporting cause of transmission?
Doctors say that it is possible people are blaming blood banks for their infections instead of admitting to high-risk behaviour.
Scroll Staff
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Nobody will guarantee that blood transfusion is 100% safe: NACO official
The politics of mega blood donation camps is interfering with quality control of blood collected, according to the National Aids Control Organisation.
Priyanka Vora
Video
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Watch: Actor Govinda dances with his daughter, Tina Ahuja. Video promptly goes viral
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Watch: China working on uprooting, assimilating Uighurs away from homes, BBC investigation claims
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‘I’m a rebel’: This song by rapper Raja Kumari features actors Bani J and Kiara Advani
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Watch: US military releases video of 2020 Iran attack on America’s Al-Asad airbase in Iraq
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Watch: SpaceX starship prototype explodes shortly after landing successfully
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HIV transmission: Why is blood transfusion in India not yet safe?
Voluntary blood donation, careful screening of patients, use of better technology, and rational use of blood needs to be promoted.
Menaka Rao
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More than 2,000 people have been infected with HIV through blood transfusions in the past 17 months
Uttar Pradesh recorded the maximum number of such cases, followed by Gujarat, Maharashtra and Delhi.
Scroll Staff
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Rumours of the demise of HIV have been greatly exaggerated
Two years after experts declared that the beginning of the end of HIV/AIDS was nigh, new infection rates are still rising.
Paul Flowers, The Conversation
The Reel
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Charles Sobhraj mini-series ‘The Serpent’ heading to Netflix
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‘Thaen’ trailer: In Tamil film, a tribal beekeeping couple tackle apathy and poverty
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‘Haathi Mere Saathi’ trailer: Rana Daggubati plays a saviour of elephants
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‘Without Remorse’ trailer: Michael B Jordan’s US Navy Seal John Clark wages war on the Russians
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‘Scam 1992’ team reunites for series on stamp paper fraudster Abdul Karim Telgi