How to Use HIV in a Sentence
HIV
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Here are the most important things to know about these free HIV self-tests.
— Katie Camero, SELF, 27 June 2024 -
That is nothing like what the [HIV] activists were doing.
— Andrea Kane, CNN, 18 June 2024 -
The list of drugs that the state plans to import include treatments for HIV, mental health, and cancer.
— John Wilkerson, STAT, 5 Jan. 2024 -
Black residents were about three times as likely to die from HIV in 1995.
— Janice Kai Chen, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024 -
The case’s impact could stretch well beyond the HIV battleground.
— Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2023 -
Mercury sang with Queen for about two decades and died in 1991 from complications from HIV.
— Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2023 -
The message is clear: Being HIV positive is nothing to be ashamed of.
— Sophie Neiman, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2024 -
The infection can also raise the risk of HIV transmission.
— Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023 -
It can't be given to babies with immune issues, such as HIV.
— Melody Schreiber, NPR, 2 May 2024 -
Fauci appears as pessimistic as he’s ever been on the prospect for an HIV vaccine.
— Jason Mast, STAT, 16 June 2024 -
The first medication to treat HIV came from a Caribbean sea sponge.
— Benji Jones, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024 -
Many were young men with genital lesions, and many also had HIV.
— Byjon Cohen, science.org, 16 Aug. 2024 -
The findings are similar to those in studies conducted in adults living with HIV.
— Abdullahi Tsanni, STAT, 5 July 2023 -
Moore draws a lesson from the eventual defeat of HIV denialists.
— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023 -
Surprisingly, the Everard reopened after the fire and stayed open until the city shuttered it in 1986 as part of a referendum to stem the spread of HIV.
— Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023 -
In some cases, there were unwanted pregnancies and the transmission of HIV.
— Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023 -
According to the foundation, the district houses the most HIV cases per capita which is nearly three times the national rate.
— Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2023 -
No-cost children’s dental screening and HIV and hepatitis C tests will also be available.
— Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024 -
Investments in health systems, largely driven by the HIV epidemic, have borne fruit in amazing ways.
— Anil Oza, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024 -
The county launched a needle exchange, providing supplies to reduce needle sharing and the risk of HIV and hepatitis C.
— Geoff Mulvihill and Carla K. Johnson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Nov. 2023 -
Fauci helped spearhead the development of effective drugs to treat HIV.
— Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2024 -
Adherence is often a problem with drugs that block HIV infection.
— Don Rauf, EverydayHealth.com, 29 July 2024 -
Shockingly, 44 percent of all new HIV infections worldwide are among women and girls.
— Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024 -
Once in low-Earth orbit, its mini-lab autonomously grew crystals of the common HIV treatment drug ritonavir.
— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Feb. 2024 -
Worldwide there are about 1.3 million new HIV infections every year, with women and girls accounting for 44 percent of them.
— Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 25 July 2024 -
There are hundreds focused on HIV, dozens of which are used regularly around the world, but only seven that even consider the existence of trans people — and even these are flawed.
— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 31 July 2024 -
Researchers are setting the gene-editing tool against cancer, HIV, and other genetic diseases.
— Emily Mullin, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023 -
Less frequently, it is found in younger people with suppressed immune systems, like transplant patients, and patients with HIV.
— Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023 -
In women, injecting drugs contributed to 19% of HIV cases.
— The Enquirer, 3 Jan. 2024 -
In reality, a diverse coalition of activists helped transform HIV into a highly manageable condition.
— Ruth Madievsky, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
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