HIV/AIDS News

The use of a second, confirmatory HIV test for infants in South Africa can reduce the number of false-positive results from 128 to 1 per 1,000 infants and is able to save costs related to unneeded treatment, according to a study published in PLOS Medicine.

Six more Caribbean territories and states have eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, WHO announced on World AIDS Day.

Today marks World AIDS Day, which is recognized each year on Dec. 1 to raise awareness of the global epidemic, show support for people living with HIV and remember those who died from HIV- and AIDS-related illnesses.

The average time between HIV infection and diagnosis decreased 17% in the United States from 3 years and 7 months in 2011 to 3 years in 2015, according to data released today by the CDC.

The FDA has approved expanded indication of Isentress to include HIV-1 exposed full-term neonates, from birth to 4 weeks of age.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has received $2.5 million to provide prevention and treatment information about HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases to people with substance abuse or mental health disorders, according to a press release.

SAN DIEGO — In the opening lecture and awards ceremony of the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting, Anthony S. Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, reflected on the lessons learned from the pandemic threats of the past 3 decades.

On Oct. 26, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld a state law that makes it a crime for someone with HIV to neglect telling a partner about his or her status before engaging in sexual activity.

To address the varying sexual and reproductive health concerns among adolescents and young adults, the AAP recently issued a clinical report that it said would help pediatricians play a “significant role” in improving patients’ care in these areas.

Although the current HIV/AIDS pandemic could theoretically be prevented through the appropriate use of pre-exposure prophylaxis and antiretroviral drugs, it is likely that a vaccine will be needed to eliminate the spread of the disease, according to an editorial published in JAMA.