Infectious Diseases News

Women with asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 infection at the time of frozen embryo transfer did not experience significant adverse early pregnancy outcomes, researchers reported in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.

Adults treated in EDs with established sepsis alert systems benefited from reduced mortality risk and length of hospitalization compared with facilities with no alert system, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

In June, the CDC began recommending doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis — or doxy-PEP, as it is commonly known — as a prevention strategy for STIs in certain high-risk populations.

Researchers found that lenacapavir, an investigational long-acting antiretroviral drug, prevented 100% of new HIV infections among cisgender women in Africa who received injections every 26 weeks.

In March, Puerto Rico declared a public health emergency after recording 549 cases of dengue virus since the start of 2024. The number rose to more than 1,900 cases as of July 24, when the CDC issued a health alert for the United States.

Testing HIV PrEP users for STIs every 6 months did not increase the risk for STIs compared with testing them every 3 months and could reduce the cost of PrEP programs, according to a study.

Three-quarters of people globally living with HIV are on ART, a roughly 30% increase during the last nine years, and fewer people acquired HIV in 2023 than at any point since the late 1980s, UNAIDS reported.

A self-management program tailored to individuals with HIV significantly reduced the impact and severity of chronic pain, according to results from a randomized study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

In June, Gilead Sciences announced that its investigational antiretroviral drug lenacapavir prevented 100% of new HIV infections during a phase 3 trial conducted among cisgender women in Africa.

Despite global progress toward eliminating HIV — including a growing number of nations that have hit goals to diagnose and successfully treat patients — funding pullbacks threaten to add decades to the battle, according to a study.