Author: Zury López
Integrating business management strategies to address HIV stigma and support employees in diverse workplaces
Research trends and hotspots in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: a bibliometric analysis and visual mapping
Interventions to prevent vertical transmission of HIV: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
New CDC guidelines for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis
Acquisition of HIV infection following potential exposure may occur occupationally in health care workers or, much more frequently, outside working sites, in persons engaged in high-risk behaviors, either sexual or through injection drug use. The use of antiretroviral drugs either before or soon after HIV exposure may prevent primary viral infection. The US CDC released […]
Cloning and editing of animals for human benefit
Several international associations have banned the use of genetically modified animals in sports competitions. The latest development has been the Argentine Polo Association, following the announcement that cloned specimens of Pureza, a mare that has won multiple awards, have been produced. In addition, the five clones of the horse have an alteration in the myostatin […]
Why is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation going extinct?
The prestigious medical magazine The New England Journal of Medicine has published an article announcing and arguing the reasons that have led Bill Gates to extinguish his foundation (Phillips S. N Engl J Med 2025). Reading the text leaves no one indifferent. Health and prosperity After World War II, the Marshall Plan in Europe allowed […]
Breaking HIV stigma: the role of communication and treatment adherence in the mental health of injected drug users in Pakistan
Introduction The National AIDS Control Program Pakistan reports 0.24 million HIV patients indicating an alarm of danger1. Out of 46,912 HIV/AIDS patients, only 26,093 are receiving treatment, while about 45% have not initiated their treatment1, despite providing free of cost HIV testing and treatment services2. The general prevalence of HIV positive drug injectors may reach […]
Unraveling the complex interplay: HIV and male infertility
Introduction AIDS, precipitated by the HIV, constitutes a chronic, pernicious condition that profoundly debilitates the immune system, thereby heightening vulnerability to opportunistic infections and specific malignancies. The advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has significantly mitigated AIDS-related mortality and substantially prolonged the life expectancy of those afflicted, effectively transmuting AIDS from a fatal affliction into a […]
Human ecology: a bridge between medical ethics and the 2030 Agenda
Introduction There is a close relationship between ecology and bioethics. Ecology describes the life of ecosystems, and bioethics the moral conduct of man. Both the external nature and the person have a created value, and they are subjects of rights and duties. However, only the human being can transform the rest of creation. In this […]