Key US public health leaders have coalesced around an aggressive screening strategy for HIV: making HIV screening a routine part of care for US adolescents and adults, regardless of whether they are at increased risk for the infection. New recommendations… Read More ›
A new approach toward preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in Malawi boosted the number of pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV who started antiretroviral therapy (ART) by more than 7-fold in 1 year, federal health officials reported today. Malawi’s Ministry… Read More ›
After South Africa rolled out large-scale antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs for people with HIV infection during the early 2000s, life expectancy in 1 rural community increased sharply and treatment was proven cost-effective, according to new research in today’s Science. Researchers… Read More ›
Can the US Congress require AIDS service organizations working abroad to pledge fidelity to the government’s opposition to prostitution and sex trafficking as a condition of receiving funding? The US Supreme Court recently announced that it will address this question… Read More ›
Stepped-up prevention efforts aimed at injection drug users in the northeastern United States and Puerto Rico could help curb disproportionately high rates of HIV infection among Hispanic or Latino populations, according to federal health officials. Nationally, new HIV diagnoses among… Read More ›
Not providing coverage for male circumcision may save insurers money in the short-term, but such a policy may result in considerably higher costs in the long-term because uncircumcised individuals are more likely to acquire certain infections and cancers related to… Read More ›
New data from a landmark clinical trial that established early treatment for HIV infection as an effective way to prevent transmission of the virus now show that this treatment-as-prevention approach is cost-effective, too. Presented today at the XIX International AIDS… Read More ›
Washington, DC—Even when they are receiving anti-HIV drugs, people who are infected with both HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are more likely than people who are infected only with HCV to experience a severe worsening of HCV-related liver disease… Read More ›
Washington, DC—Two large trials are now under way in Africa to test whether a vaginal ring containing a potent antiretroviral drug will prevent HIV infection in women, researchers announced here at the International AIDS Conference. The ring, a silicone matrix… Read More ›
Washington, DC—In remarks during the opening ceremony at the XIX International AIDS Conference last night, US Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius announced 4 new public-private collaborations to help people living with HIV get care for their… Read More ›
