HIV/AIDS News

Receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy was associated with adverse birth outcomes among women with HIV in Botswana, data published in the Journal of Infectious Disease suggest.

Deaths from HIV/AIDS increased from 300,000 in 1990 to 1.5 million in 2010, according to data from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study. Mortality related to malaria also increased by 19.9% since 1990.

A clinical decision-support system that generated interactive computer alerts for physicians regarding patient disease status improved patient CD4 counts and clinical follow-up in patients with HIV, according to an Annals of Internal Medicine report.

The American Academy of HIV Medicine and the HIV Medicine Association have expressed concern over HIV drug pricing in a joint statement issued today.

New data from a multicenter study show that the risk for atherosclerosis appears to be 2.5-fold higher in children and adolescents with HIV, researchers reported at EURECHO and other Imaging Modalities 2012 in Athens, Greece.

New data from a multicenter study show that the risk for atherosclerosis appears to be 2.5-fold higher in children and adolescents with HIV, researchers reported at EURECHO and other Imaging Modalities 2012 in Athens, Greece.

Higher doses of lopinavir/ritonavir may improve long-term viral load suppression in a group of Irish and British children with HIV, but larger studies are needed to confirm this finding, according to study data published online this month.

Higher doses of lopinavir/ritonavir may improve long-term viral load suppression in a group of Irish and British children with HIV, but larger studies are needed to confirm this finding, according to study data published online this month.

World AIDS Day, a time to draw attention to the millions of people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide and commemorate those who have died of the disease, is set for Saturday.

With a purpose of continuing the availability of HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention services and to bring evidence-based interventions to those in resource-limited settings, the global AIDS “blueprint” will support science with strategy, according to an HIV Medicine Association and Infectious Diseases Society of America press release.