Hiv

Researchers confirmed the dosing of an ART combination designed to treat children with HIV and found that it was safe, well tolerated and efficacious through 24 weeks, according to results published in The Lancet HIV.

Recent data show that more than 6.6 million antibiotics are inappropriately prescribed at dental visits each year, resulting in about $31 million each year in health care costs and out-of-pocket expenses.

Bariatric surgery is safe for people with HIV whose viral load is being managed using ART, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

People with HIV diagnosed with mpox were not at an increased risk for hospitalization unless they were immunosuppressed, according to findings presented at the International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science.

Adults with HIV can lower their risk for serious cardiovascular events like heart attack or stroke by more than one-third if they take a daily statin, a large phase 3 trial found.

Cisgender women preferred long-acting injectable PrEP over taking a daily pill for HIV prevention by a nearly 4-to-1 margin, according to study findings presented at the International AIDS Society conference.

Voluntary medical male circumcision can reduce the risk for HIV acquisition among men who have sex with men who primarily practice insertive anal sex, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial conducted in China.

When evaluating oxygen desaturation index scores with 4% desaturation, sleep-disordered breathing was found more often in men with vs. without HIV, according to study results published in CHEST.

Five male infants in South Africa who were born with HIV were able to maintain undetectable viral loads for months despite low adherence to ART, according to researchers at the International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science.

Compared with their peers, people with HIV experienced a smaller decline in mortality risk from COVID-19 during the omicron wave of the pandemic, researchers reported.