HIV/AIDS News

Children and adolescents with HIV attending formal or remedial school in Jamaica had positive educational outcomes, according to research presented at the AIDS 2014 meeting.

The mean Fibrosis-4 and aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index scores increased during time among youth with HIV compared with those without HIV, according to research presented at the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia.

Between 2005 and 2012, new HIV infection among children and adolescents living in low and middle-income countries has declined while AIDS-related mortality has significantly increased, according to research presented at the AIDS 2014 meeting.

Children affected by HIV experience anxiety and depression similar to children with HIV, which researchers said is indicates a need for policy and programmatic responses, according to study findings in Pediatrics.

New study results suggest that a rapid nucleic acid-based HIV test for early infant diagnosis is feasible at the point of care and could potentially improve access to antiretroviral therapy.

Recent data shows previously identified risk factors related to poverty, poor health, and intense exposure continue to be risk factors for invasive pneumococcal disease among children in settings with a high prevalence of HIV.

The “Mississippi baby” who was thought to be cured of HIV and was reported in The New England Journal of Medicine last year now has detectable HIV after 2 years of not taking antiretroviral therapy, according to the clinicians and researchers involved with the case.

Routine HIV screening programs are valuable for reducing the number of patients who are unaware of their HIV status and connecting these patients to medical care, according to recent findings.

Among young adults living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda, there is an overall low level of use of HIV transition clinics, according to recent findings.

Questions as to whether a guardian was suitable to offer consent were among the reasons health care workers did not offer HIV testing and counseling to older children living in sub-Saharan Africa, new study results suggest.