142938 of those infected by the virus 25748 cases involved maletomale sexual contact according to the national aids trust 97 of people on art in the united kingdom had undetectable levels of the virus in other words they cannot pass on the disease worldwide there were about 18 million new cases of hiv in 2017 alone and approximately 940000 people died from aidsrelated diseases more medical bill for 9yearold girls snakebite we also had major improvements in prevention this study sheds awareness on the importance and effectiveness in disease prevention with appropriate art use nura orra is a family medicine physician and a member of the abc news medical unit i know that many scientists and groups are still working very hard and im confident that like the success weve seen with the measles vaccine and the polio vaccine that someday well have the same success with an hiv vaccine compliance with hiv treatment can be effective in preventing sexual transmission of the disease to nonhiv infected persons according to a new study condom use is the only effective way to prevent transmission of sexuallytransmitted diseases such as chlamydia gonorrhea and trichomoniasis our findings provide conclusive evidence for gay men that the risk of hiv transmission with suppressive art is zero alison rodger the studys coresearcher and a professor at the university college london said in a press release researchers followed 1000 gay male couples from europe who had sex without condom use over an eightyear period hearing this can be enormously empowering and reassuring to people living with hiv according to deborah gold chief executive of national aids trust a nonprofit charity organization in the uk more man suffers major stroke from cracking neck keep in mind however the use of barrier contraception is always a recommended pillar in safe sex one partner had hiv and was taking antiretroviral therapy art in an interview earlier this week in atlanta cdc director dr robert redfield told abc news chief medical correspondent dr jennifer ashton that improvements in treatment and prevention are a major priority of his stock photogetty images persons living with hiv really can become undetectable and therefore they are not able to transmit the virus he said according to the latest statistics from the centers for disease control and prevention cdc in 2017 approximately 38739 people were diagnosed with hiv in the united states