HIV/AIDS News

Comprehensive prenatal care, including HIV testing, and surveillance and treatment are the keys to reducing the number of infants born to mothers with HIV, according to results published online this month.

Infants born to mothers with HIV were more likely to develop sepsis, but only if they themselves had acquired HIV, according to study findings published online.

Infants born to mothers with HIV were more likely to develop sepsis, but only if they themselves had acquired HIV, according to study findings published online.

Female pediatric patients who were exposed to tenofovir for more than 1 year had an increased risk for proximal tubular dysfunction, according to a poster presentation at the XIX International AIDS Conference.

WASHINGTON — Thai and Cambodian children who were at risk for HIV and immediately assigned to an antiretroviral regimen containing nevirapine actually had less dyslipidemia than those children who received treatment later, according to study findings presented during the XIX International AIDS Conference held here.

WASHINGTON — Careful documentation of CD4 counts and early initiation of ART are being advocated as possible ways to reduce mortality among children in resource-limited settings.

WASHINGTON — Despite concerns to the contrary, 5 years of published data, including data presented here this week at the XIX International AIDS Conference, do not support the theory that DNA binding nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors boost cancer risk.

From new antiretroviral drugs to new interventions, the treatment and prevention of HIV infection has made major headway against the disease and is paving the way to the end of the pandemic, according to the findings of several presentations made at the XIX International AIDS Conference.

WASHINGTON — Researchers observed significant improvements in virologic, immunologic and clinical outcomes among children with HIV who received treatment for tuberculosis and were also receiving an efavirenz-based regimen for HIV treatment, according to data presented this week at the XIX International AIDS Conference. 

WASHINGTON — Measles infection resulted in temporary but significant immunosuppression in children and adolescents with HIV who were taking antiretroviral medications, according to data presented here.