HIV Transmission & Prevention News

• HIV Infections Could Spike After Ruling on Affordable Care Act The ruling applies nationwide, and public health experts were quick to criticize the decision.
  WebMD Health News, March 31, 2023
• HIV Testing Still Suboptimal Three quarters of US adults have never tested for HIV. Why are we still behind the 8 ball?
  Medscape Medical News, March 16, 2023
• Reimagining Public Health: It's Time, but Is It Possible? As battered institutions assess the damage of the pandemic, the United States has an opportunity to transform the system that got us here.
  Medscape Medical News, February 23, 2023
• Man in Germany Cured of HIV With Stem Cells "It shows it's not impossible -- it's just very difficult -- to remove HIV from the body."
  WebMD Health News, February 22, 2023
• CROI 2023 Meningococcal Vaccine Shows Benefit in STI Prevention A new trial looks at the effect of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis and vaccination with meningococcal B vaccine on rates of sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men.
  Medscape Medical News, February 22, 2023
• Researchers Voice 'Frustration' at Failed HIV Vaccine Trial An interim analysis determined that the regimen was not effective in preventing infections, compared with placebo.
  Medscape Medical News, February 13, 2023
• Let’s Talk About Sex: GBQ Teens Need Parents to Take Lead When it comes to sexual health conversations, GBQ teens want and need parents to step up. The question is when to start and what to discuss?
  Medscape Medical News, February 07, 2023
• The Future of At-Home Testing: Flu, RSV Rapid Tests Are Coming The FDA says it is confident that at-home rapid tests like those for COVID-19 are forthcoming for the flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
  WebMD Health News, February 02, 2023
• Preexposure Prophylaxis Gives Good Results in Latin America A prospective Brazilian study found that same-day initiation of PrEP for HIV prevention is feasible and is associated with high adherence and long-term engagement.
  Medscape Medical News, January 20, 2023
• Highly Anticipated HIV Vaccine Fails in Large Trial "It's obviously disappointing," Anthony Fauci, MD, told MSNBC, noting that other areas of HIV treatment research are promising. "I don't think that people should give up on the field of the HIV vaccine."
  WebMD Health News, January 19, 2023
• Rapid, Self-Administered HIV Tests Can Increase Diagnosis Rapid tests are as reliable and accurate as those carried out by healthcare workers, experts say. Both tests are essential to increasing the rate of diagnosis.
  Medscape Medical News, January 19, 2023
• Europe Tackles Late HIV Head-on Cases of late HIV might be averted if multi-prong strategies are implemented, including redefining the category for better monitoring.
  Medscape Medical News, December 21, 2022
• HIV Outbreak Persists as Officials Push Back An epidemiologist and advocates say state and local officials in West Virginia, home to one of the worst HIV outbreaks in recent years, have taken measures that render syringe exchange less accessible.
  Kaiser Health News, December 19, 2022
• USPSTF Issues Revised Draft HIV Prevention Recommendations Revised draft preexposure prophylaxis recommendations highlight the need for HIV prevention in all at-risk persons while insurers consider pricing tiers.
  Medscape Medical News, December 14, 2022
• National Data Show HIV Services Resilient in COVID-19 Pandemic HIV testing and treatment dropped early in the pandemic but then rebounded, the CDC reports, but race and ethnicity data gaps remain.
  Medscape Medical News, December 13, 2022
• CAB-LA's Full Potential for HIV Prevention Hits Snags Problems with breakthrough infections, cost effectiveness, and complexity of follow-up are among the issues that need to be resolved to ease broader rollout of the long-acting injectable.
  Medscape Medical News, December 12, 2022
• HIV Vaccine Trial's Pivotal Leap Toward Making Super Antibodies' 'At the most general level, the trial results show that one can design vaccines that induce antibodies with pre-specified genetic features, and this may herald a new era of precision vaccines.'
  WebMD Health News, December 05, 2022
• Pregnancy Outcomes on Long-Acting Antiretroviral A study helps to establish a runway for clinical trials of long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine in pregnant women.
  Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2022
• COVID Hit HIV Detection in Europe, Threatens Eradication Progress The number of people in Europe with undiagnosed HIV has risen as testing rates fell during the COVID-19 pandemic, threatening a global goal of ending the disease by 2030, a report said.
  Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2022
• ANAC 2022 Future HIV PrEP Innovations Focus on Adherence, Women's Health Experts working on the next generation of pre-exposure prophylaxis want to improve adherence and expand the focus to women at risk of HIV exposure.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2022