HIV/AIDS News

Teens in the United States have another treatment option for HIV.

HHS recommends ART for all children with HIV, regardless of clinical stage or CD4+ count, and rapid initiation of ART within days of diagnosis in all patients unless they have an opportunistic infection at the time of diagnosis.

DENVER — Four children born with HIV who initiated ART within 48 hours of delivery later remained in treatment-free remission for over a year after ART was paused, researchers reported.

DENVER — Long-acting injectable ART administered every 8 weeks safely suppresses HIV in adolescents, according to research presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.

DENVER — New data from a cohort of adolescent and young women in sub-Saharan Africa showed a higher level of HIV PrEP adherence than has been reported in previous studies, researchers said.

People with HIV continue to have a higher risk of invasive meningococcal disease compared with people without HIV regardless of the 2016 recommendation that people with HIV receive routine vaccination for invasive meningococcal disease.

Among people being treated for HIV, young children experience the highest rate of death — up to nine times higher than other age groups, according to study findings published in MMWR.

The Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium will bid farewell this year to a couple of longtime presenters.

The number of adolescents with a prescription for HIV prevention medication increased by more than 75% during the first 3-plus years the medicine was available to them, according study findings published in Pediatrics.

BOSTON — A single dose of benzathine penicillin G is effective against early syphilis regardless of HIV status, according to a study presented at IDWeek.