HIV / AIDS

Regardless of HIV status, frailty was a strong predictor for mortality and comorbidity for middle-aged adults.

Through the platform providers, consumers, and procurers will have access to full prescribing inserts and FDA-reviewed product labeling which will provide additional important information to patients and providers.

Daniel Chastain, PharmD, BCIDP, discusses how antiretroviral stewardship might practically be implemented in the context that antimicrobial stewardship as a whole is often underdeveloped.

Max Brito, MD, MPH, explains the value of bringing safe, confidential, and non-stigmatizing HIV treatment to the community at IDWeek2019.

Standalone HIV testing centers in San Diego County, California, have been largely effective at reaching people at high risk of infection, according to a new study that also identified areas where targeted testing efforts may be beneficial.

The CDC reports transgender women diagnosed with HIV are less likely to receive partner services, compared to other people receiving the same diagnosis.

Sexual risk behavior is the strongest predictor of syphilis among HIV-infected MSM and the risk of infection doesn’t decrease with repeated episodes of the infection, a new study found.

Babies born with HIV benefit from beginning ART with days—not weeks—of birth.

Daniel B. Chastain, PharmD, BCIDP, AAHIVP, clinical assistant professor at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, explains antiretroviral stewardship.

Public Health England reported the promising news that new HIV transmission in the UK continued to decline in 2018.

Using a trial of antibiotics may be useful for predicting tuberculosis in ambulatory patients with HIV, particularly in settings with limited access to resources, a new study suggests.

Although antiretroviral therapy restores a patient with HIV’s immune system, lingering damage from HIV can render past vaccinations obsolete, a new study finds.

A new study conducted by CDC investigators found that commercially insured patients persisted on PrEP for median time of 13.7 months, compared to 6.8 months among Medicaid patients.

A new study demonstrates that some HIV "hotspots" transfer very few infections to nearby communities and instead receive more infections from outside.

A new commentary argues that given the strong safety and efficacy profile of TDF/FTC, there is not sufficient benefit to warrant changing clinician emphasis to TAF/FTC.

The prevalence of NTDs in pregnancies among women with diagnosed HIV infection was 7.0 per 10,000 live births, which was similar to that among the general population.

Pamela Gorman, RN, ACRN, describes the benefits of connecting care to incarcerated people with HIV.

New legislation, cost assistance program will likely reduce transmission.

Pamela Gorman, RN, ACRN, describes a transitional care coordination program for incarcerated individuals with HIV returning to the community primary care setting.

Roughly half of all American expectant mothers living with HIV are receiving treatments that don’t meet federal guidelines. A new study examines prescribing choices for this population.

A new study found that the estimated time from HIV seroconversion to initiation of ART was reduced by 42% between 2006 and 2015 in New York City.

Rasheeta Chandler, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, explains the need to incorporate women at-risk for or living with HIV into the decision-making process if we are to end the epidemic.

Max Brito, MD, MPH, remarks on the underrepresentation of transgender women in HIV and other sexual health research.

Viral suppression at 2 years nearly doubled for people with HIV in a medical care coordination program implemented by the Los Angeles County Division of HIV and STD Programs, a new study found.

Investigators of a new, multisite study evaluating neuropsychological development in African school-age kids found that children with perinatally-acquired HIV had poorer results on neuropsychological tests despite early ART initiation and viral suppression.

A recent study published in Transgender Health analyzed transgender and gender-nonconforming ART adherence based on the US Trans Survey, the largest survey of TGNC people in the United States.

Jason Gallagher, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, BCPS, discusses noteworthy infectious disease papers published in 2019.

A recent commentary discusses the need to uncover diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND).

Daniel B. Chastain, PharmD, BCIDP, AAHIVP, discusses a retrospective study of errors occurring in the treatment of patients with HIV.

Contagion® counts down the top HIV news stories of 2019, including FDA approvals, breakthrough discoveries, recommendations from the frontlines, and a big-picture look at just how close we are to ending the epidemic.