Starting HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy reduces food insecurity and improves physical health, thereby contributing to the disruption of a lethal syndemic, UCSF and Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have found in a study focused on sub-Saharan Africa. The study was...
A study that included nearly 2,500 HIV-negative men and transgender women who have sex with men has shown that a daily dose of Truvada, a pill containing the AIDS drugs emtricitabine and tenofovir, "can reduce risk of contracting [HIV] by an average of 44% - and by more than 70% if the subjects"...
HAART, or Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy has halved the annual number of new HIV diagnoses since 1996, when the therapy was first introduced, say Canadian researchers in a study published in the peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet. Study findings are being presented at the forthcoming...
Several studies are examining whether periodic use of antiretroviral drugs in various forms -- including pills and vaginal or rectal gels -- can prevent HIV transmission during high-risk sexual encounters, according to researchers at the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic...
In a World AIDS Day speech on Tuesday, South African President Jacob Zuma announced a new national policy that would provide HIV-positive children and pregnant women with broader, earlier access to antiretroviral medications, the New York Times reports (Dugger, New York Times, 12/2). The...
In a World AIDS Day speech on Tuesday, South African President Jacob Zuma announced a new national policy that would provide HIV-positive children and pregnant women with broader, earlier access to antiretroviral medications, the New York Times reports (Dugger, New York Times, 12/2). The...
In a World AIDS Day speech on Tuesday, South African President Jacob Zuma announced a new national policy that would provide HIV-positive children and pregnant women with broader, earlier access to antiretroviral medications, the New York Times reports (Dugger, New York Times, 12/2). The...