HIV/AIDS News

Engagement in care for adolescents with HIV could be increased with the availability of providers who have pediatric or adolescent training, according to recent study findings presented at the 2014 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Annual Meeting.

A clinical care and community outreach program, Health and Education Alternatives for Teens, successfully assessed an at-risk demographic of adolescents living in Brooklyn, N.Y., according to data presented at the 2014 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Annual Meeting.

An intervention program focused on improving quality of life among adolescents helped communication between parents and adolescents with HIV, which may influence family decision making in terms of health care and end-of-life treatment, according to data presented at the 2014 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine’s Annual Meeting.

Many different providers often care for youth with HIV, although a significantly low percentage have received adolescent medicine subspecialty training, according to data presented at the 2014 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine’s Annual Meeting.

The desire to conceive a child may be driving the low rates of condom use among young black males, despite sexually transmitted infection and HIV risks associated with unprotected sex, according to recent data presented at the 2014 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Annual Meeting.

The implementation of the Bronx Ongoing Pediatric Screening project, which targets sexually transmitted infections, improved screening rates among adolescents, according to data presented at the 2014 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Annual Meeting.

Lopinavir-ritonavir-based antiretroviral therapy significantly accelerated suppression of the Epstein-Barr virus among infants with HIV, according to a study in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

BOSTON — There is now evidence from two infants that very early combination antiretroviral therapy administered to neonates may result in HIV infection remission, according to data presented at the 2014 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.

HIV-related lymphomas in patients with perinatally acquired HIV exhibited favorable prognoses for those who responded to initial treatment with chemotherapy, according to study data.

Adolescents and young adults with perinatal HIV have significantly low rates of measles immunity, despite prior vaccination, according to study data.