HIV/AIDS News

Millions of children in Africa rely on funding from the United States for HIV care or testing — support that was threatened last month when President Donald J. Trump froze foreign aid spending after taking office.

The CDC’s removal of online resources related to HIV, STIs and other health topics following a Trump administration order to scrub references related to “gender ideology” has alarmed experts, who say it threatens public health.

A 90-day review of U.S. foreign aid spending ordered by President Donald J. Trump has halted global health programs, including the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the President’s Malaria Initiative.

The most-read Healio Pediatrics story of 2024 was a Q&A with Lisa L. Abuogi, MD, MSc, FAAP, who co-authored the AAP’s policy statement in support of breastfeeding for parents with HIV.

Despite being decades apart, the HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 pandemics shared many lessons that can be applied to future pandemics and health emergencies, Anthony S. Fauci, MD, and his former chief of staff wrote in a new paper.

Fifteen years ago, an HIV vaccine trial conducted in Thailand and sponsored by the U.S. Army found something no other HIV vaccine trial ever had: a regimen that seemed to work.

NEW YORK — In this video, Jacob R. McLean, DO, assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University, recaps his presentation on adolescent STI screening and treatment at the Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium.

LOS ANGELES —In this video from IDWeek, Vani Vannappagari, MBBS, PhD, MPH, global head of epidemiology and real-world evidence at ViiV Healthcare, discusses study findings demonstrating the effectiveness of cabotegravir for HIV prevention.

Less than 3% of patients tested for a bacterial STI in nearly a dozen EDs were also tested for HIV, demonstrating widespread nonadherence to a CDC recommendation, according to a study presented at IDWeek.