HIV

Tulane University researchers are studying whether dysregulation of the oral microbiome might affect HIV outcomes. They are using rhesus monkeys and SIV infection as a model.

But disparities among White, Black and Hispanic patients were largest among those with private insurance, according to findings reported in JAMA. The researchers speculate that differences in dealing with prior authorization may have widened disparities in the prescribing integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs).

Florida has among the largest populations of people living with HIV in the country. We spoke with a clinician with 40 years of experience taking care of Floridians with HIV.

Research results published in Cell Reports implicate the Nef protein as a possible cause of disease-causing inflammation that persists even when an HIV infection is controlled.

HIV hides out and replicates in the spleen, the lymph nodes and other reservoirs. Emmanuel Okala hopes to develop nanotechnology that will flush it out.

Results of a small study published in Nature Medicine show that early treatment with a monoclonal antibody might be part of a strategy to clear an HIV infection.

Gilead Sciences reported results from several studies of its antiretroviral.

In a conversation with Managed Healthcare Executive®, Genoa Healthcare Sales Director Jennifer Finocchiaro discusses social determinants of health, the LGBTQ+ community and the demographic contours of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Fred Ssewamala, Ph.D., a Washington University professor and researchers, has been awarded a $3.2 million grant to study HIV intervention strategies among Ugandan young people.

About 40% of people monkeypox also had HIV, according to a CDC study that included almost 2,000 monkeypox cases in the U.S. that occurred during the first two months of the outbreak.

People with HIV are more susceptible to getting COVID-19 and having a severe case. Researchers at the University of Miami Miller of School of Medicine are heading up an NIAID-funded study that will use artificial intelligence to observe the overlap of the two infectious diseases and the evolution new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

Ryan White funds can make HIV care affordable, even free, but there needs to be more outreach to the trans community, says University of California, Irvine, professor.

Preexposure prophylaxis and emphasizing the U=U (undetectable = untransmittable) message are central to the efforts to end the HIV epidemic, a goal that the Biden administration picked up from the Trump administration.

ViiV Healthcare reports long-term positive results for its drug, Rukobia (fostemsavir).

Schmid, a long-time leader in the HIV advocacy world and executive director of the HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute, says a national program to promote and cover the costs of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is desperately needed.

Brii Biosciences is one of the drug developers working on regimens that would free people living with HIV from daily pills.

UCLA research Beth D. Jamieson explores the relationship between HIV and aging. Recent evidence suggests that HIV may accelerate aging within two or three years of the initial infection.

The risk of breakthrough was higher in people living with HIV regardless of CD4 count or HIV viral suppression, according to findings reported by researchers at Johns Hopkins.

The new policy removes any restrictions on members of the armed forced who are HIV positive who are asymptomatic and have a viral load that is undetectable.

Itzchak Levy, M.D., is one of Israel’s top HIV clinicians. He led research showing that people living with HIV responded well to the COVID-19 vaccination.

Results may help allay some of the concern that COVID-19 vaccination might not be effective among those living with HIV.

Woman received cord blood stem cell transplant as a treatment for acute myeloid leukemia. No detectable levels of HIV were found for 14 months after cessation of antiretroviral therapy.

Study shows that among men, about one-third of squamous cell carcinoma anal cancers are among people living with HIV.

In people with HIV, killer T cells (CD8+ T cells) lack a protein called CD73, which is necessary for migration and cell movement into the tissue.

Letter from co-chairs Marlene McNeese and John Wiesman urges enforcement of coverage rules, including zero cost sharing for those with private insurance.

The oral run-in period for the injectable is now optional. The FDA also approved a label change that opens the door for adolescents to be treated with long-acting HIV treatment.

HIV PrEP uptake was highest for White and Black males and lowest for Hispanic males. Meanwhile, Black females had the highest uptake and twice the rate of PrEP uptake of White females.

The proposed funds include $165 million more for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, $47 million more for HIV and hepatitis prevention activities at the Indian Health Service, and $115 million for CDC HIV prevention programs.

Long-acting injectable holds advantages over daily pills for pre-exposure prophylaxis against HIV, says ViiV executive.