AIDS/HIV

Innovative adherence strategies needed to support long-term usage, NIH-funded study suggestsCredit: NIAID In a study of open-label Truvada as daily pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV among 427 young African women and…

NIH-supported research explored tool to expand HIV prevention choices for womenCredit: Andrew Loxley, courtesy of the International Partnership for Microbicides In an open-label study of women in southern and eastern Africa, a…

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Dolutegravir is a preferred medication for treating HIV infection, but it recently has been linked to a 6- to 9-fold increase in the risk for neural tube defects among babies born to mothers…

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a novel vaccine consisting of DNA and recombinant proteins?proteins composed of a portion of an HIV protein and another unrelated protein. This vaccine was tested…

NIH-funded study evaluated strategies to identify and support men who have sex with men and transgender women with unsuppressed HIV Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men and transgender women with HIV, who are not in care, can…

DURHAM, N.C. - Engaging disenfranchised men who have sex with men (MSM) living with HIV in the U.S. is possible, but the best way to help them achieve and maintain viral suppression is not yet known, according to findings from HPTN 078…

New Haven, Conn. -- Adults who take several prescription medications are more likely to experience serious falls, say Yale researchers and their co-authors in a new study. This heightened risk can affect middle-aged individuals -- a…

Credit: HPTN/Kim Cloete DURHAM, N.C. - Continuation of community-wide HIV testing and prompt initiation of treatment as delivered in the HPTN 071 (PopART) study in South Africa and Zambia could lead to substantial reductions in new…

WHAT: Many people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART) have viral genetic material in the cells of their cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and these individuals are more likely to experience memory and concentration problems, according to…

Credit: CUNY ISPH A new study published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society shows that the World Health Organization's (WHO) 2015 recommendation for immediate treatment of all people living with HIV has become the…