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.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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Can BJP use Ram as a campaign tool during the election?
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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: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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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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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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