Dhaka, Nov. 29 -- Worldwide, 44 million deaths - that is the sad toll of HIV/Aids since it was first detected in 1981; it was officially discovered in 1983. Aids is considered one of the worst epidemics in human history.

The number of Aids-related deaths has steadily decreased over the years, thanks to awareness campaigns, education and prevention, but people are still dying.

In 2024, Unaids reported the number of Aids-related deaths a year was about 630,000 people worldwide.

The new discovery of an antibody against HIV by the University Hospital of Cologne, Germany, has raised hopes that another weapon in the fight against the virus may be on the horizon.

The research team, led by Florian Klein, Director of the Institute of Virology ...