August 20th 2025
This review highlights how people living with HIV are living longer due to antiretroviral therapy but face unique age-related health challenges, including cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, renal dysfunction, neurocognitive decline, immunosenescence, bone loss, and frailty, requiring tailored screening and management strategies.
Revisiting Old Foes: Updates on HSV
Herpes simplex viruses are chronic infections that underscore racial and ethnic disparities and are afflicting adolescents in increasing numbers.
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Incidence of STIs Stabilized Among Gay and Bisexual Men Using HIV PrEP
August 9th 2022After widespread implementation of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among gay and bisexual men in Australia, population-level incidence of chlamydia and gonorrhea stabilized, allaying fears that PrEP would lead to a rise in STIs, a recent study found.
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First In-Africa Clinical Trial of mRNA HIV Vaccine
May 18th 2022Today, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and Moderna announced they will soon launch a phase 1 clinical trial for their HIV vaccine candidate, administered with mRNA technology to develop broadly neutralizing antibodies.
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