Tag: AIDS
40 years ago, French researchers discovered the AIDS virus
Their discovery was published in the journal Science on May 20, 1983. This was one of the first steps in the fight against a deadly epidemic, which to date has…
40 years of fake news: AIDS, a textbook case of scientific misinformation
News Published on 05/15/2023 at 11:58 am Updated 05/15/2023 at 11:58 am Reading 3 mins. From the disinformation operations carried out by the KGB to the fake remedies promoted on…
40 years ago: the discovery of the AIDS virus
News Published on 05/15/2023 at 11:07 am Updated 05/15/2023 at 11:07 am Reading 3 mins. 40 years ago, the discovery of the AIDS virus by a team from the Institut…
The AIDS epidemic in ten key dates
News Published on 05/15/2023 at 11:18 a.m. Updated 05/15/2023 at 11:18 a.m. Reading 3 mins. Forty years after the discovery of HIV, a look back at the main stages of…
In France, HIV-positive people will be able to join the army
Gendarme, Paris firefighter, soldier… Until now, in France, HIV-positive people could not access these professions. In a letter sent on May 2 to the Minister of the Armed Forces, the…
Africa, the vaccine, and distrust of science: three major challenges in the fight against AIDS
News Published on 03/26/2023 at 11:31 a.m. Updated 03/26/2023 at 11:31 a.m. Reading 3 mins. The therapeutic and preventive advances of the past four decades suggest a future without AIDS,…
viral reservoirs, an important area of research against HIV
Sidaction takes place throughout the weekend of March 25-26. This fundraising operation aims in particular to support research on AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). Admittedly, very significant progress has been made…
for more than 25 years, Bernard has been living with HIV… and antiretrovirals
Friday, March 24, Sidaction opened, a fundraising operation to support research, but also associations that do prevention and help people infected with the AIDS virus, in France and in sub-Saharan…
Sidaction 2023: among young people, preconceived ideas about AIDS persist
News Published on 03/21/2023 at 12:15 p.m. Updated 03/21/2023 at 12:15 p.m. Reading 3 mins. On March 24, 25 and 26, Sidaction will take its place among the 35 partner…
AIDS: a first mixed-race patient potentially cured of HIV
News Published on 03/20/2023 at 10:20 a.m. Updated 03/20/2023 at 10:20 a.m. Reading 3 mins. in collaboration with Ivan Pourmir (medical oncologist) A patient with leukemia as well as HIV…