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A recent study measured premature deaths among people with HIV by sex, race, and HIV risk factor.

A new study shows Medicare-aged patients being treated in hospitals saw more of these types of infections, creating a greater burden on care and costs, and showing an increased mortality rate.

The companies made the request after their recent submission of data to support the emergency use authorization (EUA) in this patient population.

Qatar has the highest mRNA vaccine coverage in the world, but their vaccinated population is experiencing significant waning in vaccine efficacy, leading to breakthrough infections.

Malaria has afflicted humanity for thousands of years, and the parasite is especially deadly for children and babies. The WHO has recommended the first malaria vaccine be deployed across sub-Saharan Africa.

This investigational therapy could be the first implantable form of PrEP.

AstraZeneca’s long-acting antibody, AZD7442, would act as a supplement to vaccination and could provide up to a year of protection against symptomatic COVID-19.

People who inject drugs are at high-risk for HIV infection, but very few are interested in PrEP prescriptions.

US federal health agencies are recommending an additional shot for this diverse patient population, and here on some insights about vaccine efficacy and breakthrough infections in these groups.

A study found similar rates of acute respiratory illness-related visits across race/ethnicity when all healthcare settings were combined, but ARI visits differed for race/ethnicity groups across ambulatory, emergency, and hospital settings.

Learn more about new test for diagnosing early Lyme disease in a Q&A with Adaptive Biotechnologies.

Self-testing for HIV is fast and easy, and test kits can be completed at a health department with the help of staff or at home and dropped off later.

If the company gets approval it would be the first dispersible single tablet regimen containing dolutegravir.

As more agents expand the capability and variety of PrEP options, investigators consider what questions remain about the drug class.

Following the approval of cabotegravir-rilpivirine earlier this year, experts are looking forward to an expansion of the drug class for HIV.

The combination therapy's non-inferior efficacy to heavier TAF regimens may indicate a greater embrace of 2-drug regimens for people living with HIV.

Monica McArthur, MD, PhD, discusses why to-be-authorized COVID-19 vaccine doses for children may not be tiered for patient risk as they were for adults.

New late-breaking data illuminate the specific efficacy of the combination monoclonal antibodies.

The findings have supported the launch of a phase 3 trial called EVERGREEN, which is now underway.

A conversation in consideration of the high-risk psychosocial comorbidities the aging HIV population may face through COVID-19.

A new study from IDWeek showed most observed children previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 retained antibodies over 6 months.

The COVID-19 pandemic led people to take hygiene and sanitation more seriously, causing a decrease in C difficile infections.

A clinician provides an overview of the data on the microbiota-based live biotherapeutic, RBX2660, which in phase 3 studies has shown safety and reduction in recurrent C difficile infection (rCDI).

After an initial hospitalization for COVID-19, some patients may have specific risk factors that increase their likelihood of readmittance.

Investigators wanted to understand this phenomenon with a group of antiretroviral (ART) naïve people with HIV (PWH).

Massachusetts General Hospital investigated how international travel contributes to the contraction and carriage of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Major predictors of response were CD4+ count, suppressed viral load, and whether the participant received the Moderna or Pfizer mRNA vaccine.

The Arkansas Health Department’s research showed that, as with the rest of the population, Delta is severely infectious for children.