The first large-scale clinical trial to study liver transplantation between people with HIV has begun at clinical centers across the United States. The HOPE in Action Multicenter Liver Study will determine the safety of this practice by...
How prevalent are liver abnormalities and kidney dysfunction among HIV-infected children receiving ART? Which factors may be associated with these adverse events? HIV Medicine
In his State of the Union speech, President Trump called for ending the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 years. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and senior public health officials stated that the government plans...
[Guardian] The Director General (DG), National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr. Sani Aliyu, wants to use this season of love to encourage Nigerians, especially young people, to know their Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)...
Training community health workers to perform verbal autopsy interviews captured more accurate and complete data about the number and causes of deaths in a rural sub-county of Uganda than current health facility-dependent surveillance...
A simple HIV prevention cascade could be a powerful tool for advocates, policy makers and funders, researchers argue in Lancet HIV. It could help us understand where the gaps in prevention are, to monitor implementation and to set...
A high proportion of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cases can be cured in conflict-affected communities with molecular diagnostics, shorter treatment periods and socioeconomic incentives, according to the results of a large, long-term...
The trade association for EHR vendors said that federal proposals to open up patient data are good but need more examination by software developers. Medscape Medical News
How has the epidemic of opioid overdose deaths impacted risk for transmitting HIV and hepatitis viruses to solid organ recipients? Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
This PowerPoint presentation can help explain to partners and stakeholders how HIV data, including molecular data, is used to prevent new HIV infections and improve health.
[Nigeria Health Watch] Abuja -The Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) Dr. Sani Aliyu wants to use this season of love to encourage Nigerians, especially young people, to know their HIV status. It is...
Vivid dreams involving drinking and drug use are common among individuals in recovery. A study from the Massachusetts General Hospital Recovery Research Institute, published in the January issue of the Journal of Substance Abuse...
Treatment with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) reduced the risk of death, liver cancer and death from liver-related causes in French people with hepatitis C, according to results of one of the largest studies to date of the impact of the...
[Malawi News Agency] Lilongwe -Malawi Aids Counseling and Resource Organization (MACRO) has organized a valentine dinner and dance gala on February 14 in to fundraise for the construction of a HIV testing clinic in Lilongwe.
A team of investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Regenerative Medicine has identified a population of brain cells that appears to play a role in calibrating behavioral responses to potentially threatening...
A Massachusetts General Hospital research team has identified interaction between two elements of the immune system as critical for the transformation of a protective immune response into chronic, cancer-promoting inflammation.
Basic scientists in France have recently discovered that macrophages located in urethral tissue can contribute to cellular HIV reservoirs, and that the quantity of these specific immune cells is surprisingly high. Results were published...
The level of emtricitabine triphosphate (FTC-TP), an anabolite of emtricitabine, in dried blood spots (DBS) predicts HIV viral suppression and reflects short-term adherence to therapy, researchers report. Reuters Health Information
Every county in the United States tracks HIV cases, sequencing the virus' genome to see if it is resistant to current medications and looking for trends. More recently, local health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and...
Immunodeficiency disorders, such as eczema, make it harder for the immune system to fight off infections and bacteria. Learn more about immunodeficiency disorders here.
China is investigating a manufacturer of medical products following reports that it sold human immunoglobulin for intravenous injection that had possibly been contaminated with HIV, though authorities said tests found no sign of the...
Preventing smoking, lowering cholesterol, controlling blood pressure and curing hepatitis C would greatly reduce the burden of heart attacks, non-AIDS cancers and end-stage liver disease and kidney disease in people living with HIV,...
Rico has lived with HIV for almost a decade, confiding in only a small number of people in socially conservative Singapore, fearful of the reaction. Last month, he got a phone call saying information about his condition had been...
After state and national leaders announced efforts to eliminate the spread of HIV over the next decade, those involved in prevention efforts in Chicago applauded the plan but questioned how it would be carried out, particularly when it...
The National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) report summarizes findings from the fifth NHBS data collection among men who have sex with men (MSM), which was conducted in 2017. The surveillance report provides descriptive, unweighted...
Despite the huge disparities in care that were highlighted, last week's Standard of Care for HIV and Coinfections in Europe meeting in Bucharest featured discussions that could form the basis of a European-wide exercise to audit HIV...
A remarkable recent increase in the diagnosis of vocal-cord cancer in young adults appears to be the result of infection with strains of human papilloma virus that also cause cervical cancer and other malignancies.
George Mason University's Yuntao Wu is the lead scientist on a research team that has identified a measurable indicator that could prove instrumental in the fight against HIV.
[The Herald] The National Aids Council (NAC) has appealed to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to prioritise and increase foreign currency allocation for procurement of medicines amid revelations that it owes its foreign suppliers about...
AIDS is already the leading cause of death among girls and young women in much of Africa, and matters could only get worse, given that for every day that passes, 1,000 more girls ages 15 to 24 are likely to become infected with HIV.
It's long been known that couples HIV testing and counseling is an effective way to mutually disclose HIV status and link to health care—unfortunately, couples don't use it even though it's widely available.
AIDS is already the leading cause of death among girls and young women in much of Africa, and matters could only get worse, given that for every day that passes, 1,000 more girls ages 15 to 24 are likely to become infected with HIV.
This document is updated periodically as new information becomes available and/or changes related to the availability of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved HIV diagnostic tests occur.
Eastern Europe continues to have one of the worst HIV epidemics in the world outside sub-Saharan Africa, with the worst linkage to care of any region in the world, last week's meeting on Standard of Care for HIV and Coinfections in...
Noting that science has "brought a once-distant dream within reach," President Donald Trump on Tuesday night pledged to eliminate HIV transmission within 10 years.
Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV is an antiretroviral pill that is over 90% effective in preventing HIV acquisition when taken as prescribed. A new Perspective, published in the February 7 issue of the New England Journal of...
February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Everyone has a role to play in preventing new HIV infections among African Americans, helping African Americans with HIV stay healthy, and reducing HIV stigma. Learn more in this letter.
(HealthDay)— In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Donald Trump announced his administration's plan to rid the United States of new transmissions of HIV by 2030.
President Donald Trump is launching a campaign to end the HIV epidemic in the United States by 2030, targeting areas where new infections happen and getting highly effective drugs to people at risk.
[New Zimbabwe] Prominent Harare preacher, Walter Magaya and his company Aretha Medicines have been fined $700 for manufacturing and marketing a drug he claimed could cure HIV/Aids.
Despite generally positive relationships with HIV clinic staff, men living with HIV in Sweden report that when it comes to rules regarding disclosure and legal obligations, clinicians were not always clear with patients regarding the...