Latest - HIV/AIDS

• Small Response Gain With Double-Dose Flu Shot in Pregnant Women With HIV Doubling the dose of influenza vaccine for pregnant women with HIV moderately improves immunogenicity compared to a single flu shot, but response remains well below that of pregnant women without HIV, a clinical trial shows.
  Reuters Health Information, January 14, 2020
• WHO Names Top 13 Global Health Challenges for the New Decade The list includes stopping infectious diseases and preparing for epidemics, expanding access to medicines, and protecting people from dangerous products.
  Medscape Medical News, January 14, 2020
• Infectious Diseases in 2020: 5 Areas of Concern   Dr Paul Auwaerter discusses advances made in infectious diseases in 2019 and looks ahead at concerns for the new year.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, January 14, 2020
• HIV Drug Resistance in a Cohort of HIV-Infected MSM A new report found high rates of HIV drug resistance among HIV-infected MSM. What are the implications for HIV care among this population?
  AIDS, January 14, 2020
• A Review of Breastfeeding and Women Living With HIV The benefits of breastfeeding are undisputed, but transmission risk remains a concern for women living with HIV. How should clinicians counsel these new mothers?
  HIV Medicine, January 13, 2020
• HIV Outbreak in Pakistani Children Likely Caused by Poor Infection-Control Practices An HIV outbreak predominantly affecting children in Pakistan likely resulted from poor infection-control practices, researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, January 06, 2020
• Pakistan to Provide Free Healthcare for Trans People
  Reuters Health Information, January 03, 2020
• Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV in Sexual Assault Victims Should post-exposure HIV prophylaxis be routinely administered to victims of sexual assault?
  HIV Medicine, January 06, 2020
• House Calls for Homebound Patients: Has Their Time Come? Can you really provide the same care in a home that you can in an office visit? Yes, say these experienced house call physicians.
  Medscape Medical News, January 03, 2020
• Drugmakers From Pfizer to GSK to Hike U.S. Prices on Over 200 Drugs Drugmakers including Pfizer Inc, GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Sanofi SA are planning to hike prices on more than 200 drugs in the United States on Wednesday, according to drugmakers and data analyzed by healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors.
  Reuters Health Information, December 31, 2019
• Four-Drug Combination Effective Long-Term for HIV Suppression The single-tablet combination of darunavir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (D/C/F/TAF) is effective for long-term viral suppression in previously untreated patients with HIV-1 infection, according to 96-week results from the AMBER trial.
  Reuters Health Information, December 31, 2019
• Facebook Removes Misleading HIV Drug Ads After Outcry
  Reuters Health Information, December 30, 2019
• Twitter Bots Tout Cannabis as a Cure-all Despite Few Approved Medical Uses Social media bots are promoting cannabis as a remedy for everything from cancer to insomnia and foot pain, according to an analysis of posts on Twitter.
  Reuters Health Information, December 27, 2019
• Chinese Court Sentences 'Gene-Editing' Scientist to Three Years in Prison A Chinese court sentenced the scientist who created the world's first "gene-edited" babies to three years in prison on Monday, according to the official Xinhua news agency, on charges of illegally practicing medicine.
  Reuters Health Information, December 30, 2019
• The Association of Memory Disorders and Chronic HIV Disease A new review explores the association of memory dysfunction with HIV infection among patients treated with ART.
  HIV Medicine, December 30, 2019
• Left Ventricular Dysfunction Can Follow in Utero Exposure to Antiretroviral Therapy Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction can follow in utero exposure to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV-uninfected infants, according to findings from a longitudinal study.
  Reuters Health Information, December 26, 2019
• Improved Saliva Test Aids Detection of HPV-16 Use of acoustofluidic separation technology (AFS) doubles detection of oropharyngeal cancer-associated human papillomavirus-16 (HPV-OPC) in saliva, according to an international group of investigators
  Reuters Health Information, December 26, 2019
• Nonadherence Due to Costs Among Adults With HIV Infection Are out-of-pocket costs for HIV medications associated with treatment adherence?
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, December 27, 2019
• Unique H. Influenzae Infection Emerges in Atlanta's HIV Population There was a significant increase in cases of invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) infection among the HIV population in Atlanta from 2017 to 2018, a surveillance study has found.
  Reuters Health Information, December 24, 2019
• A Clinician's Approach to Peripheral Neuropathy This article describes a stepwise approach to the evaluation and workup of peripheral neuropathy.
  Seminars in Neurology, December 26, 2019