Infection News

SAN FRANCISCO — Switching to long-acting ART from oral treatments was cost effective for postpartum women with HIV and improved infant outcomes, researchers said at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.

SAN FRANCISCO — During the opening day of the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Rebecca Denison, a decades-long HIV survivor, addressed conference attendees and discussed her experiences of living with HIV.

SAN FRANCISCO — HIV incidence in sub-Saharan Africa has declined substantially, according to both UNAIDS estimates and empirical data pulled from decades of studies, researchers found.

The addition of treatment for male partners reduced the recurrence of bacterial vaginosis among women enrolled in a randomized trial compared with treating only the women, researchers reported.

From 2008 to 2022, the incidence of cervical precancers fell by 80% among screened women aged 20 to 24 years, supporting recommendations for HPV vaccination at ages 11 to 12 years, researchers wrote in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection, yet many people lack knowledge of the infection or hold several misconceptions about it.

Despite decreased population-level hepatitis C virus screening in 2020, guidance to test all adults and during every pregnancy was associated with increased HCV screening for pregnant women, according to a research letter published in JAMA.

Postmenopausal women with vulvovaginal atrophy treated with intravaginal prasterone for at least 12 weeks were nearly 50% less likely to develop a urinary tract infection compared with untreated women, researchers reported in Menopause.

The CDC’s removal of online resources related to HIV, STIs and other health topics following a Trump administration order to scrub references related to “gender ideology” has alarmed experts, who say it threatens public health.