HIV/AIDS

Higher smoking rates in HIV-positive patients may contribute to COPD diagnoses.

Unexpectedly, transgender women faced less discrimination when they had HIV.

Providing healthy meals to low-income people can help medication adherence.

Managing HIV is tough for people ages 50 and older, but it gets better.

Social media has developed into an important part of healthcare management.

Renal damage decreased in some HIV patients who discontinued TDF.

Macrophages' protective protein can get turned off, but it's unclear how that happens.

Marijuana access isn't as clear cut as the law presents.

Revealing an HIV-positive status to family and friends isn't easy.

The HIV conversation isn't easy, but the intervention method may soften the blow.

Severe mental illness is tied to a significant increased risk of HIV.

The neuron protein CCR5 looks to play a key role AIDS-related dementia.

A new generation of HIV neutralizing antibodies proves to be safe in humans.

Highly active antiretroviral therapy could be hurting immune responses.

Research found that some women are more susceptible to become infected with HIV.

Some HIV-1 strains are able to get past the body's natural barriers better.

The HIV Medicine Association, the American Academy of HIV Medicine, The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care and the Ryan White Medical Providers Coalition have written to US Senators urging them not to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Physicians who treat HIV are urging Congress to save the Affordable Care Act.

The CDC’s PrEP guidelines might not be specific enough.

A trip to the beauty salon could result in exposure to dangerous blood-borne viruses.

“HIV is a clever virus and has learned to evade even some of the best drugs on the market," said Dmitry Lyumkis, PhD.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is enrolling participants from 45 sites around the world to evaluate cabotegravir as long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

The rise in drug resistance against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) could have a negative impact on costs associated with the disease.

Between daily news and conferences around the country, it was a busy year in HIV/AIDS research.

HIV Care, Prevention and Treatment, a web-based learning program, is now available to AAHIVM members.

HIV and Aging Consensus Project recognizes World AIDS Day by releasing free Online CME/CE. The course focuses on optimal treatment for older people living with HIV.

Studies have shown that HIV increases the risk of confusion and forgetfulness, but new research found that the virus is tied to more serious neurocognitive conditions.

Researchers from MGH, MIT, and Harvard identified five key genes that could be altered to prevent HIV from dodging treatment.

Incidence rates of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have dramatically dropped since 2003 in three African countries.

Beginning antiretroviral therapy before conception in HIV-positive women was linked to preterm delivery, but the benefits outweighed the risks.