HIV & AIDS
New clues to why some people suppress HIV without drugs
Some HIV patients are naturally able to keep the virus fully in check without any medicinal help, a phenomenon that has intrigued scientists for decades.
May 22, 2023
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Hiv
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mpox vaccine found to be protective by CDC
Researchers from the Mpox Emergency Response Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta have conducted a case-control study based on data from a nationwide electronic health record database, Cosmos, ...
Pediatrics
Implementation of 'Treat All' did not increase ART coverage for children
Implementation of "Treat All," which removed CD4-based clinical staging criteria for antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation, did not accelerate ART coverage gains or AIDS mortality reductions among pediatric patients with ...
May 19, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Safety and activity of immune checkpoint inhibitors in people living with HIV and cancer
People living with HIV remain at higher risk than people living without HIV for developing various cancers that can be treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Since people living with HIV may have dysfunctional ...
May 17, 2023
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Health
Gay men can now donate blood after FDA changes decades-old rule—a health policy researcher explains the benefits
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on May 11, 2023, that it has officially dropped restrictions that prohibit gay and bisexual men from donating blood under many circumstances on May 11, 2023. The ban was initially ...
May 17, 2023
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Other
New blood donation rules allow more gay men to give in US
Gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships can give blood in the U.S. without abstaining from sex under updated federal health guidelines that focus on donors' behavior, not their sexual orientation.
May 11, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Relationship education can reduce STIs and risky sex among young gay, bisexual men
New research from Northwestern University has shown that educating couples, rather than individuals, may be a highly effective strategy to end the HIV epidemic.
May 10, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
One step closer to eliminating latency, the real challenge in combating HIV
An international study led by MELIS-UPF researchers from the Infection Biology and Molecular Virology laboratories has identified and characterized Schlafen 12 (SLFN 12) as a novel HIV restriction factor. SLFN 12 shuts down ...
May 10, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
No longer a death sentence: Four decades of living with HIV
Forty years after the discovery of HIV, AFP looks at how far we have come in fighting a deadly virus that was once shrouded in fear and shame but is now treated as a manageable chronic condition.
May 10, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Tuberculosis disease intensifies HIV antibody response in people with HIV
New research from Boston Medical Center found that people living with HIV that have had pulmonary tuberculosis had broader and more potent HIV antibody responses and differences in HIV sequences predicted to be antibody resistant ...
May 9, 2023
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