WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Just two shots a year of an HIV treatment provided complete protection against infections in highly at-risk women, researchers reported Wednesday.

This annual shot might protect against HIV infections. ... over 5,000 women and adolescent girls in Uganda and South Africa received either twice-yearly injections of lenacapavir or a daily PrEP pill.

Twice-yearly shots used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections in women, according to study results published Wednesday.

While an effective vaccine against HIV may still be a long way off, a new HIV prevention technique has proven remarkably effective at protecting women against the virus. A single injection of a ...

Johnson & Johnson’s investigational HIV vaccine did not provide sufficient protection against HIV infection among women enrolled in the phase 2b Imbokodo trial in sub-Saharan Africa, the company ...

HIV shot offers ‘stunning’ 100% ... in the young women and girls that got the shots in a study of about 5,000 ... in men before seeking permission to use it to protect against ...

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A single shot every two months prevents HIV better than the most commonly used daily pill, Truvada, researchers reported Tuesday. At the moment, Truvada and Descovy, made by Gilead Sciences, are th… ...

The smallpox vaccine effectively induces immunity against mpox virus infection (formerly simian smallpox) in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, although patients with ...