HIV/AIDS News

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases recently awarded $17 million to Grace Aldrovandi, MD, CM, principal investigator at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, according to a press release. The grant will fund research as part of the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials, or IMPAACT, network.

Nearly half of teenagers and young adults with HIV delay treatment until their disease has advanced, according to recent study findings published in a research letter in JAMA Pediatrics.

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation announced recently that it is expanding its HIV treatment and prevention programs in six districts in Lesotho.

No significant association was found between women who received antiretroviral therapy during their first trimester of pregnancy and risk of birth defects in their children, according to recent study findings published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

The European Commission recently approved the integrase inhibitor dolutegravir for use in combination therapy for the treatment of adults and adolescents with HIV, according to a news release.

Imatinib demonstrated activity and appeared well tolerated in patients with AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma, according to results of a phase 2 study.

Once-daily extended-release nevirapine exhibited pharmacokinetic efficiencies among children with HIV-1 vs. twice-daily immediate-release nevirapine in a recent study.

Exposure to HIV and antenatal antiretrovirals did not significantly affect infants’ intrauterine or early postnatal growth, according to study results published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

In children with HIV, opportunistic infections remain significant causes of morbidity after highly active antiretroviral therapy initiation, despite declines in their incidence, according to recent study findings published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

Children of mothers with HIV-1 have an increased risk for tuberculosis, according to study results published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.