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03 Oct
Despite New Long-Term Options, People Still Prefer Daily PrEP Pill to Prevent HIV

Despite New Long-Term Options, People Still Prefer Daily PrEP Pill to Prevent HIV

New ways to deliver drugs that prevent infection with HIV are out there, but many people still prefer the standard daily PrEP pill, a new study shows.

"The oral pill is very efficacious when people take it every day, and it really has the potential to curb HIV transmiss...

02 Aug
Gene Could Lower HIV Levels in Some People of African Descent

Gene Could Lower HIV Levels in Some People of African Descent

A newly discovered genetic variant might explain why some people of African ancestry have naturally lower viral loads of HIV, an international team of researchers reports.

This variant, carried by an estimated 4% to 13% of people of African origin, reduces their risk of ...

02 Aug
Long Targeted in Abortion Battle, U.S. Global AIDS Program Gets New Home in State Department

Long Targeted in Abortion Battle, U.S. Global AIDS Program Gets New Home in State Department

The President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a program that's long successfully provided relief to people with AIDS around the world, will now be housed within the U.S. State Department.

The move comes after years of pressure by anti-abortion groups and s...

31 Jul
Hip Replacements No Riskier for Folks Living With HIV

Hip Replacements No Riskier for Folks Living With HIV

Hip replacement surgery is safe for HIV patients, a new study shows.

Some surgeons are reluctant to perform total hip replacement surgery on patients with HIV or AIDS, because of concerns about complications, including higher risk of infection, need for repeated surgery ...

25 Jul
A Statin a Day Keeps Heart Trouble Away for Those With HIV

A Statin a Day Keeps Heart Trouble Away for Those With HIV

Heart disease is a high risk for people with HIV, but a new study finds that taking statins significantly reduces the risk of serious heart incidents.

People with HIV who took a daily statin pill lowered their risk of stroke, heart attack or surgery to open clogged arter...

24 Jul
HIV Meds Help Slash Infection Risk to Nearly Zero: Study

HIV Meds Help Slash Infection Risk to Nearly Zero: Study

People taking antiretroviral therapy to treat HIV who have low but detectable virus levels have almost zero risk of transmitting the virus to others, according to a new research review.

Researchers looked at eight studies of more than 7,700 couples in which one person wa...

20 Jul
European Man May Be 6th Person to Be 'Cured' of HIV

European Man May Be 6th Person to Be 'Cured' of HIV

It's rare for someone with HIV to go into remission and be considered "cured," but a European man may be the sixth to do so.

First diagnosed with HIV in 1990, the man had been taking antiretroviral drugs since 2005 and received a stem cell transplant two years ago to tre...

05 Jul
Long-Acting, Injected HIV Meds Can Help Tough-to-Treat Patients

Long-Acting, Injected HIV Meds Can Help Tough-to-Treat Patients

For nearly three decades, daily antiretroviral pills have offered patients living with HIV a highly effective way to keep their infection under control.

But some patients, particularly those beset by homelessness, drug addiction and/or mental illness, find it very diffic...

29 Jun
PrEP Implant That Protects Against HIV Could Be Near

PrEP Implant That Protects Against HIV Could Be Near

Animal research is pointing toward a new way to prevent HIV infection: a refillable implant that continuously delivers antiretroviral medications for up to 20 months at a time.

Antiretrovirals are the cornerstone of PrEP, an infection prevention protocol that has been ar...

28 Jun
Meningitis Cases Rising Among Gay Men With HIV

Meningitis Cases Rising Among Gay Men With HIV

Meningococcal disease -- which includes meningitis -- appears to be on the rise among Americans infected with HIV, new research reveals.

Researchers stress that the risk to any one person remains exceedingly rare, regardless of their HIV status.

Each year between 2...

23 May
HIV Infections Continue to Decline Among Young Americans

HIV Infections Continue to Decline Among Young Americans

HIV infection numbers in the United States are down, public health officials announced Tuesday.

Declines in young people are driving the overall decrease.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention attributed

19 May
New Clues to Why Some People Suppress HIV Without Drugs

New Clues to Why Some People Suppress HIV Without Drugs

Some HIV patients are naturally able to keep the virus fully in check without any medicinal help, a phenomenon that has intrigued scientists for decades.

New research appears to identify at least one reason why: an abnormally powerful version of an infection-fightin...

11 May
FDA Eases Rules on Gay Men Donating Blood

FDA Eases Rules on Gay Men Donating Blood

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday finalized the elimination of certain restrictions that prevented healthy gay and bisexual men from donating blood.

Instead of requiring men who have sex with men or the women who have sex with them to abstain for sexual ...

17 Apr
Kids Whose Moms Took HIV Meds While Pregnant May Be at Higher Risk for Developmental Delays

Kids Whose Moms Took HIV Meds While Pregnant May Be at Higher Risk for Developmental Delays

Children whose mothers took antiretroviral medication for HIV while pregnant may have higher risks for developmental delays at age 5, according to new research.

Nonetheless, researchers said it's important for women with HIV to take antiretroviral therapy during pregnanc...

13 Apr
Statins Cut Heart Risks for Folks Living With HIV

Statins Cut Heart Risks for Folks Living With HIV

As people with HIV live longer they're at risk of premature heart disease. But a new study finds statin drugs can cut the risk of serious heart problems by more than one-third.

The U.S. National Institutes of Health trial found the cholesterol-lowering drugs so effective...

29 Mar
Scientists Get Closer to Understanding 'Hidden' HIV

Scientists Get Closer to Understanding 'Hidden' HIV

Researchers are closing in on another immune system "hideout"that HIV uses to persist in the human body for years.

A subset of white blood cells called myeloid cells can harbor HIV in people who've been virally suppressed for years, according to a new small-scale study f...

14 Mar
U.S. Effort to Fight HIV Worldwide Has Brought Lifesaving Treatment to Millions

U.S. Effort to Fight HIV Worldwide Has Brought Lifesaving Treatment to Millions

Since it began in 2004, a global effort led by the United States to combat HIV has dramatically increased the number of people it helps, a new government report shows.

In its report, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the number of people ...

22 Feb
Mpox Can Be Fatal for People With Advanced HIV

Mpox Can Be Fatal for People With Advanced HIV

The mpox virus -- formerly known as monkeypox -- often causes severe illness and death in those with advanced HIV infection that is not under control, researchers report.

What does that mean? All people diagnosed with mpox should also be tested for HIV, the investigators...

22 Feb
Rectal Pill May Give Days-Long Protection Against HIV: Study

Rectal Pill May Give Days-Long Protection Against HIV: Study

Could a quick-dissolving pill placed in the rectum prove to be an effective and safe "on-demand"way to prevent HIV infection among sexually active men and women?

It might, new research indicates.

The experimental form of PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is designed...

20 Feb
10 Years on, Stem Cell Transplant May Have Cured Patient of HIV

10 Years on, Stem Cell Transplant May Have Cured Patient of HIV

A man who underwent a stem cell transplant to treat his cancer is showing "strong evidence" that the procedure also cured him of HIV -- the latest in a handful of cases doctors have reported.

The patient, a man in his 50s, was HIV-positive when he underwent a stem cell t...

27 Jan
FDA Could Ease Blood Donation Rules for Gay Men

FDA Could Ease Blood Donation Rules for Gay Men

Longstanding restrictions on blood donations from gay or bisexual men could soon shift towards a more nuanced policy, where such men are asked about sexual partners and practices instead, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday.

Specifically, gay men who a...

19 Jan
Another Major HIV Vaccine Trial Fails

Another Major HIV Vaccine Trial Fails

In yet another setback for the future of HIV prevention, the only HIV vaccine in a late-stage trial has failed, study leaders announced Wednesday.

Launched in 2019 as a partnership between the U.S. government and the pharmaceutical giant Janssen, the Mosaico trial was be...

02 Dec
Scientists May Be Closer to Effective HIV Vaccine

Scientists May Be Closer to Effective HIV Vaccine

It's thought that for an HIV vaccine to be widely effective, it will have to spur the body to make special antibodies that can neutralize a broad range of HIV strains. Now scientists say they have taken an essential step in that direction.

In

01 Dec
On World AIDS Day, White House Announces Plan to End Epidemic by 2030

On World AIDS Day, White House Announces Plan to End Epidemic by 2030

The United States will renew its focus on ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030, with new funding and a five-year strategy, the White House said Thursday.

The Biden administration announced its ambitious

04 Oct
Gut Microbes Could Play Role in HIV Infection

Gut Microbes Could Play Role in HIV Infection

Could key differences in the trillions of bacteria found in the human gut actually affect the risk of becoming infected with HIV? A small, new study suggests the answ...

21 Sep
HIV & Hepatitis Can Be Deadly Combo for the Heart

HIV & Hepatitis Can Be Deadly Combo for the Heart

As people with HIV age, their odds for heart attack rise -- and those with untreated hepatitis C have an even higher risk, a new study finds.

"HIV and hepatitis C co-infec...

20 Sep
STD Cases Soar in US Amid Calls for Better Prevention Efforts

STD Cases Soar in US Amid Calls for Better Prevention Efforts

Soaring numbers of sexually transmitted disease (STD) cases have prompted U.S. public health experts to call for more prevention and treatment.

This includes rising rates of syphilis and

08 Sep
Texas Judge Says Obamacare Can't Require Coverage for Meds That Prevent HIV

Texas Judge Says Obamacare Can't Require Coverage for Meds That Prevent HIV

Hundreds of thousands of Americans take medications intended to prevent infection with HIV, but a federal judge in Texas ruled Wednesday that a provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tha...

28 Jul
COVID Crisis Has Stalled Fight Against HIV/AIDS

COVID Crisis Has Stalled Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Efforts to end the global HIV epidemic have slowed as money and attention go toward fighting COVID-19, new report shows.

"This is an alarm to the world to say that COVID-19 has blown ...

27 Jun
HIV Testing Plummeted During Pandemic

HIV Testing Plummeted During Pandemic

Testing for HIV suffered a sharp setback during the first year of the pandemic, new government data shows.

The number of HIV tests funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention an...

23 Jun
Pets Have Helped People With HIV Through Two Pandemics

Pets Have Helped People With HIV Through Two Pandemics

Pets have helped people weather both the HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 pandemics, a survey of long-term HIV/AIDS survivors shows.

"The underlying question in our minds has always been: What role do pets play for people who are so isolated and suffering so much stigma?" said stud...

16 Jun
New Approach Cuts Odds for Anal Cancer in People With HIV

New Approach Cuts Odds for Anal Cancer in People With HIV

Treating precancerous anal growths in people with HIV slashes their risk of anal cancer by more than half, according to a new study.

Researchers found that treating these growths - called high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (

08 Jun
COVID Breakthrough Infections More Likely in People Living With HIV

COVID Breakthrough Infections More Likely in People Living With HIV

Even after vaccination, living with HIV ups the odds for COVID infection, new research shows.

The study found that vaccinated people living with HIV have a 28% higher risk of developing a "breakthrough" COVID infection compared to those who don't have the AIDS-causing v...

07 Apr
Could HIV Meds Help Slow Advanced Cancers?

Could HIV Meds Help Slow Advanced Cancers?

The introduction of HAART (highly active anti-retroviral therapy) in the mid-1990s revolutionized the treatment of HIV/AIDS, halting disease progression and dramatically extending lives.

28 Mar
HIV Meds May Also Shield Against COVID Infection

HIV Meds May Also Shield Against COVID Infection

Certain antiviral drugs used to treat HIV may also guard against COVID-19 infection, a new study sugg...

23 Feb
FDA Approves First Condom Designed for Anal Sex

FDA Approves First Condom Designed for Anal Sex

The first condom specifically designed to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections during anal sex has been approved for sale in the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.

The One Male Condom can also be used to help r...

16 Feb
Woman Cured of HIV After Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant

Woman Cured of HIV After Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant

A woman with HIV who received an umbilical cord blood transplant has become the third person in the world to be cured of the virus that causes AIDS.

The two others, both men, were cured after receiving bone marrow transplants from donors who carried a mutation that block...

04 Feb
More Destructive Variant of HIV Spotted in the Netherlands

More Destructive Variant of HIV Spotted in the Netherlands

If the pandemic taught the world nothing else, it's that viruses can mutate, potentially giving rise to new and more harmful variants.

Now, new research reveals that's exactly what has happened with HIV, the virus that c...

01 Feb
First Shots Given in Trial of Moderna's mRNA-Based HIV Vaccine

First Shots Given in Trial of Moderna's mRNA-Based HIV Vaccine

Vaccinations have been given to the first volunteers in a Phase 1 trial of Moderna's experimental HIV vaccine, the company has announced.

The vaccine uses mRNA technology -- similar to that utilized in breakthrough COVID vaccines -- to deliver HIV-specific antigens that ...

14 Jan
Amid U.S. Blood Shortage, New Pressure to Ease Donor Rules for Gay Men

Amid U.S. Blood Shortage, New Pressure to Ease Donor Rules for Gay Men

A three-month sexual abstinence rule for blood donations from sexually active gay and bisexual men should be dropped by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, critics urge as the country struggles with a blood shortage.

Right now, based on the slight chance of infection ...

03 Jan
Once-a-Day HIV Pill Works Well for Kids

Once-a-Day HIV Pill Works Well for Kids

An international trial found that a once-a-day antiretroviral medication for kids with HIV is not only cheap and easy to take, but also better at suppressing HIV than standard treatments.

"Our findings provide strong evidence for the global rollout of dolutegravir for ch...

21 Dec
FDA Approves First Injection Regimen for HIV Prevention

FDA Approves First Injection Regimen for HIV Prevention

The first injection drug to prevent HIV infection was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday.

"Today's approval adds an important tool in the effort to end the HIV epidemic by providing the first option to prevent HIV that does not involve taking a d...

14 Dec
People Living With HIV Face Higher Odds for Heart Failure

People Living With HIV Face Higher Odds for Heart Failure

People with HIV have an added risk of heart failure, so they and their health care providers need to be alert for early signs such as shortness of breath, fatigue, leg swelling, coughing and chest pain, according to a new study.

"Cardiovascular disease has been an import...

10 Dec
An mRNA Vaccine Against HIV Shows Promise in Animal Trials

An mRNA Vaccine Against HIV Shows Promise in Animal Trials

Cutting-edge mRNA technology brought safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines to a world in crisis -- could it do the same for a much older foe, HIV?

An experimental HIV vaccine that uses the sa...

09 Dec
Stool Samples From the 1980s Hold Clues to Fighting HIV Today

Stool Samples From the 1980s Hold Clues to Fighting HIV Today

What do all the microbes living rent-free in your gut have to do with disease risk? Perhaps a lot.

A groundbreaking analysis of decades-old stool and blood sampl...

02 Dec
Biden's New HIV/AIDS Strategy Calls Racism a Roadblock to Victory

Biden's New HIV/AIDS Strategy Calls Racism a Roadblock to Victory

Racism is "a public health threat" that must be tackled to end the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, the Biden administration said Wednesday in announcing its new strategy to fight the disease.

Over generations, "structural inequities have resulted in racial and ethnic health di...

01 Dec
WHO Approves First Long-Acting Device to Shield Women From HIV

WHO Approves First Long-Acting Device to Shield Women From HIV

With HIV a continuing threat to women's health, the World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the first long-acting device to protect women from sexually transmitted HIV.

The device is a vaginal ring made of silicone elastomer, a flexible rubber-like material that mak...

01 Dec
HIV Rates Fall Among Gay White Americans, But Not Minorities

HIV Rates Fall Among Gay White Americans, But Not Minorities

Some progress has been made in the U.S. fight against HIV, with new infections falling among white gay and bisexual men over the past decade. But their Black and Hispanic counterparts did not see that advance, health officials say.

The continuing inequities show up in a ...

16 Nov
A Woman May Have Rid Herself Naturally of HIV -- But How?

A Woman May Have Rid Herself Naturally of HIV -- But How?

Researchers have identified a second HIV-positive person whose body might have naturally cleared the infection -- sparking hope that studying such exceedingly rare events will help lead to a cure.

The researchers cautioned that they cannot prove the woman has fully eradi...

09 Nov
U.S. Adolescents Are Getting Less Sex Education Now Than 25 Years Ago

U.S. Adolescents Are Getting Less Sex Education Now Than 25 Years Ago

Sex Ed -- it's been a staple of public education for decades, but new research shows that only half of American teens are getting instruction that meets minimum standards.

"The findings show that most adolescents are not receiving sex education that will enable them to m...