According to new research in CMAJ, 1 in 5 pregnant people in Ontario did not receive timely syphilis screening, which is critical for preventing syphilis infection in newborns (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
A study has found that adolescents who were aware of their state's minor consent laws were more likely to seek and receive testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, suggesting that teens' accurate knowledge of their...
The global fight against HIV has reached a defining moment. As world leaders, public health officials, advocates, and researchers prepare to gather in New York this June, the 2026 UN High-Level Meeting on HIV is expected to shape the...
HIV treatment has advanced dramatically, yet one frustrating mystery has continued to challenge scientists: why can the virus still return even when medication suppresses it successfully? A major discovery announced in May 2026 may...
While the majority of cases of syphilis in the UK are still in gay and bisexual men who have sex with men and transgender women, the proportion of cases in heterosexuals and particularly women has risen in the last decade.
What if HIV treatment could do more than suppress the virus? Researchers now believe it may actually help turn back part of the body’s biological clock. New findings presented at ESCMID Global 2026 suggest that consistent antiretroviral...
US cardiologists report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. Medscape
US dermatologists report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. Medscape
US endocrinologists report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. Medscape
US emergency medicine physicians report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. Medscape
US family physicians report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. Medscape
US gastroenterologists report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. Medscape
US general surgeons report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. Medscape
US neurologists report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. Medscape
US ob/gyns report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. Medscape
US oncologists report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. Medscape
US pediatricians report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. Medscape
US psychiatrists report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. Medscape
US ophthalmologists report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. Medscape
US urologists report their 2025 compensation and satisfaction with it. Differences in doctor pay by gender, racial and ethnic group, and medical specialty are revealed. Medscape
HIV prevention has come a long way over the last decade. Today, people have access to highly effective tools like condoms, PrEP, PEP, routine testing, and treatment that prevents transmission. Yet despite these advances, many people...
Most youth living with HIV transition from pediatric to adult care, but fewer than half maintain timely and ongoing care, a South Carolina study finds. Medscape Medical News
For decades, HIV treatment has relied on antiretroviral therapy to keep the virus under control. While these medications have transformed HIV into a manageable condition for many people, researchers continue searching for new ways to...
Healthcare recommendations continue to evolve, and the latest HIV care recommendations for 2026 are expected to influence how providers approach testing, treatment, prevention, and long-term care. For many people, these updates may shape...
A new review published in the journal Addiction confirms drinking causes substantial harm to health. Some of those harms may be reversible if the person reduces or stops drinking.
Maribavir is an effective and well-tolerated option for cytomegalovirus infection and disease among hematopoietic cell transplant recipients. Medscape Medical News
When someone living with HIV needs treatment for tuberculosis, hepatitis, or mental health concerns at the same time, healthcare can quickly become stressful and confusing. Multiple appointments, different clinics, and separate medical...
One of the last sessions of the recent joint conference of the British HIV Association (BHIVA) and the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) covered BASHH’s most recent clinical guidelines.
Advances in HIV treatment have transformed what was once a fatal diagnosis into a manageable chronic condition. Today, children living with HIV are surviving—and increasingly thriving—into adolescence and adulthood.
Despite major progress in HIV prevention and treatment over the past two decades, one group continues to face a disproportionate burden of infection: adolescent girls. In many low- and middle-income countries, especially across...
While most clinicians are aware of the link between immunosuppression and poor outcomes, this study validates that link and clarifies the type of immunosuppression associated with the greatest risk. Medscape Medical News
A JAMA Network Open study found that the US recorded 12.7 million excess deaths compared with 17 peer high-income countries between 1999 and 2022. Circulatory and metabolic diseases drove much of the burden, while drug poisonings,...
Fear can change the way people live, seek help, and protect their health. For many LGBTQ+ individuals, that fear is growing because of restrictive laws, discrimination, and social stigma. Across several regions, anti-LGBTQ+ policies are...
Despite major advances in HIV treatment and prevention, one goal has remained frustratingly out of reach: a safe and effective vaccine. For decades, scientists around the world have worked to solve this puzzle. Yet research into an HIV...
Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) are among the most promising new treatments for HIV, offering the potential to forego traditional daily doses of antiretroviral drugs. In one recent clinical study of bNAbs identified and developed...
Between 1999 and 2022, the US had substantially higher death rates than other wealthy nations, largely due to cardiovascular disease, metabolic diseases (including diabetes), Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, and drug and...
A clinical trial conducted in Tanzania and Mozambique and published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases concludes that expanding the use of molecular diagnostic tests on urine and stool samples, in addition to sputum, to detect...
Programmes to find people who have dropped out of HIV care in England and to re-engage them with medical care are beginning to harness the expertise of peer support workers, the joint conference of the British HIV Association (BHIVA) and...
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which HIV-1 can infect resting immune cells. The discovery challenges a decades-old assumption in HIV biology, and opens new avenues for...
Blood tests measuring the aging of certain white blood cells can predict cognitive and mood-related symptoms of depression, rather than physical symptoms. These findings, published in The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Merck's Idvynso (doravirine/islatravir), a new, once-daily, two-drug single tablet for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults to replace the current antiretroviral regimen in those...
A Canadian man appears to be free of HIV after a stem cell transplant using cells from an HIV-resistant donor, potentially making him the eleventh person to be cured after the procedure, researchers reported this week at the Canadian...
aidsmap started with a simple but powerful idea – that the latest information about HIV should be easily available for healthcare providers and able to be shared with someone with HIV and their friends and family. For decades, that...
In the early 1990s, a secret HIV vaccine research project was carried out in the Central African Republic. The project didn't yield results and was hidden for many years. Today it sheds light on debates over clinical trials, access to...
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, in collaboration with colleagues at The Scripps Research Institute and Emory University, have developed a new vaccine strategy that has generated antibodies capable of neutralizing highly divergent...
A new way of using umbilical cord blood for treating blood diseases could make the treatment more accessible to patients who need a stem cell transplant.
The introduction of HAART for HIV has coincided with a syphilis resurgence, suggesting unintended public health trade-offs from this medical breakthrough.
Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis in Seattle is linked to a halving of syphilis diagnoses overall and a reduction of cases by a third in transgender people. Despite very low uptake, women also experienced a significant drop in...