AIDS

Swiss queer film festival removes award-winning Israeli movie from lineup after boycott threats

The Geneva-based festival, which opens on October 9, had previously included Tell Me Everything, a drama about a boy who discovers his father is gay at the height of the AIDS epidemic, in its lineup.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
A scene from the Israeli film 'Tell Me Everything.'
Incorrectly labelled map presented by the US State Department July 30, 2026

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

A Reuters analysis found the image of the map included in the presentation contained an artificial intelligence watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools.

|ByREUTERS
It is possible to completely get rid of the virus

After 40 years of struggle: Scientists approach the greatest goal in medicine

Although existing treatments allow a full life with the HIV virus, now, more than ever, scientists are close to developing a mechanism that will completely remove the virus from the body.

|ByDORON KUPERSTEIN
HIV is one of the most sophisticated viruses humanity has had to confront

A breakthrough in the war against AIDS: In two trials, patients were “cured” of the disease

Two early trials found that engineered antibodies can lead to long-term HIV remission without ongoing treatment — not a full cure, but the most significant progress so far.

|ByDORON KUPERSTEIN

World AIDS Day: HIV diagnoses in Israel drop 22% in 2024, Health Ministry reports

The HIV/AIDS incidence rate dropped from 4.1 to 3.2 new cases per 100,000 people in 2024, the ministry confirmed in data published on World AIDS Day.

DECEMBER 1, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
AIDS Ribbon

New, promising oral HIV medication receives promising results in late-stage trial

Merck's drug is an antiretroviral treatment, a combination of medicines used to stop the reproduction of the virus.

NOVEMBER 24, 2025ByREUTERS
FDA approves Yeztugo: Gilead's new twice-yearly HIV prevention injection.

Prince Harry quits charity he founded after bullying accusations

The dispute reportedly erupted over a disagreement on fundraising from within Africa.

MARCH 30, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, departs the Rolls Building of the High Court in London, Britain June 7, 2023.

Health Ministry reveals decline of HIV/AIDS in Israel

The decrease in HIV/AIDS in Israel may be caused by number of immigrants and asylum seekers who arrived in Israel in 2023 the Ministry of Health suggested.

DECEMBER 3, 2024ByCOREY TUSAK
Injecting syringe for vaccination (illustrative)

Breakthrough in HIV cure: Seventh person worldwide appears cured

The man has remained in a state of "viral remission," meaning that repeated tests have not detected any trace of HIV in his body.

JULY 21, 2024ByDR. ITAY GAL
Chinese medical staff test blood samples for HIV/AIDS at a disease prevention and control centre in Nanchang. Chinese medical staff test blood samples for HIV/AIDS at a disease prevention and control centre in Nanchang in eastern China's Jiangxi province in this picture taken on April 11, 2005.

Breakthrough: Can one pill after sex prevent STDs?

Doxycycline reduces chlamydia and syphilis rates in gay men. This method is now used in Israel.

MARCH 17, 2024ByDR. ITAY GAL
Doxylin

Cameri Theatre offers ‘Angels in America’

Angels in America was quickly placed within the Western canon of theater by no other than late literary critique Harold Bloom.

MARCH 11, 2024ByHAGAY HACOHEN
A SCENE from ‘Angels in America – Perestroika.’

Is an AIDS vaccine on the way?

GSK has completed its first stages of clinical research on an injection that could replace the daily pill currently being used to prevent HIV infection and to treat HIV positive carriers.

MARCH 10, 2024ByDR. ITAY GAL
A Prp shot

Snir Association is mobilized for businesses in the envelope

JANUARY 28, 2024ByDANA OZ
Nir Shmol, Chairman of the Snir Association.

Ben & Jerry's executives join lemon picking to aid farmers

JANUARY 2, 2024ByDANA OZ