All Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar articles
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NewsNew therapy may effectively control HIV in Uganda
Clinical trials showed an effective antiviral drug, known as lenacapavir, against HIV in Uganda, and has also been tested for drug resistance in different subtype strains.
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NewsUpdated Hep B vaccine more effective for people with HIV
A newer vaccine against hepatitis B virus was clearly superior to an older vaccine type in inducing a protective antibody response among people living with HIV who didn’t respond to prior vaccination, according to an international study.
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NewsAround 1 in 5 of the world’s under 50s living with genital herpes (HSV)
Around 1 in 5 of the world’s under 50s—846 million people—are living with genital herpes infection, and more than 200 million 15-49 year olds probably had at least one symptomatic outbreak of the infection in 2020, suggest the latest global estimates.