https://medicalxpress.com/hiv-aids-news/ en-us Latest health news and information about HIV & AIDS Fear of accusations of infidelity, the stigma surrounding HIV and concerns about causing conflict in a relationship might deter some Black women from using PrEP, a prescription medicine used to prevent HIV, according to a study led by Rutgers researchers. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-prep-pill-hiv-partner-reactions.html Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:20:02 EDT news710675821 A new long-acting HIV treatment could expand options for people who have trouble taking daily pills and whose virus is resistant to some commonly used HIV drugs, according to a new UC San Francisco study. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-hiv-drug-combo-tackles-resistance.html Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:00:48 EDT news710582951 Nearly half a century has passed since the first recognized case of AIDS in the U.K. in December 1981. During that time, perceptions of HIV and people living with HIV have been transformed by medical advances and changing cultural attitudes. Yet the stigma created during the early years of the epidemic has proved much harder to leave behind. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-hiv-treatment-uk-stigma-lingers.html Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:40:11 EDT news710516522 For millions of people around the world, managing a long-term health condition means remembering to take medicines every day, often for years. But advances in long-acting medicines mean that some treatments now need to be taken only once a month, every few months or even twice a year. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-longacting-medicines-daily-tablets-patients.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:40:01 EDT news710003761 A new review of research from across sub-Saharan Africa found that inadequate access to food is linked to depression, suicide attempts, HIV vulnerabilities and poorer sexual and reproductive health outcomes among adolescent mothers. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-adolescent-mothers-saharan-africa-generations.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:20:01 EDT news710005201 For people living with HIV, the road to a promising cancer treatment can be longer than it should be, literally. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-hiv-patients-cancer-access-clinical.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:00:07 EDT news709998346 State policies that make health care easier to obtain and protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination are associated with greater use of HIV prevention measures among white adults, but those benefits may not extend equally to Black and Latino populations, according to a new study. Black and Latino populations continue to have the highest HIV incidence rates and remain priority populations in the national initiative to eradicate HIV in the United States. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-state-hiv-policies-benefit-racial.html Sun, 27 Sep 2026 17:00:03 EDT news709471999 Researchers at Wits University, South Africa's National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) and University Medical Center Utrecht have developed a new way to help people whose HIV viral load increased while they were taking the highly effective standard antiretroviral treatment dolutegravir (DTG). https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-hiv-drug-resistance-routine-south.html Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:40:13 EDT news709546435 While powerful medications can suppress the spread of HIV and its progression to AIDS, there are no cures, and many people living with HIV experience nervous system problems. Called neuroHIV, these complications occur when HIV infection affects the function and structural integrity of the brain and, to some extent, the spinal cord and peripheral nervous system. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-specific-protein-brain-neurohiv.html Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:00:01 EDT news709381921 A new study from La Trobe University has identified significant gaps in HIV testing, diagnosis and prevention that are leaving some people vulnerable to infection, despite major advances in treatment and care. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-gaps-hiv-diagnosis.html Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:00:01 EDT news708698510 Young people living with HIV manage their condition better when their antiretroviral therapy is given by injections every eight weeks rather than daily tablets, according to results of a trial in Africa led by UCL (University College London) researchers. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-hiv-tablets-young-people-clinical.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:30:01 EDT news708781562 There is no cure for HIV. While scientists have made considerable progress in controlling the infection, patients still must take daily antiretroviral medication for the rest of their lives. Results from a clinical trial led by Rockefeller, Imperial College London, and the University of Oxford (RIO) have offered a new strategy, suggesting that just one or two doses of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) can suppress the virus long term, keeping it at undetectable levels for months and even years. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-immune-hiv.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:00:08 EDT news708871262 Fiji has declared a national HIV crisis as sexual transmission and illicit drug use help spread the virus, now infecting an estimated one in 60 adults in the Pacific nation. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-fiji-declares-national-hiv-crisis.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 04:05:06 EDT news708836672 Cardiovascular diseases now account for a third of deaths in adults over 40 in a rural South African population. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-dying.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:00:03 EDT news708591722 Hannah Stadtler knew whom she wanted to work with before even arriving at VCU. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-cognitive-decline-hiv-mitochondrial-inefficiency.html Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:00:04 EDT news708344761 UNMC researchers have published an article in Alzheimer's & Dementia detailing the creation of an animal model that helps resolve questions about the relationship between HIV and Alzheimer's disease (AD). https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-avenue-explore-relationship-alzheimer-hiv.html Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:00:02 EDT news708234601 Emory University researchers have provided the first proof of concept in a nonhuman primate model for eliminating HIV-infected cells with venetoclax, a clinically approved cancer medication. Venetoclax effectively targets and blocks Bcl-2, a protein that not only regulates whether cells live or die but also promotes the survival of cancer cells. Similarly, Bcl-2 is a culprit in sustaining HIV cell reservoirs. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-cancer-medication-siv-reservoir-hiv.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:20:01 EDT news707652687 Older adults with well-controlled HIV may have a higher prevalence of certain eye conditions, particularly dry eye, compared with similar adults without HIV, according to a new study led by a University of Colorado Anschutz Department of Ophthalmology faculty member. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-hiv-affects-eyes-aging-adults.html Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:00:07 EDT news707586061 Naglaa Shoukry and Petronela Ancuta, researchers in the Immunopathology Research Theme at the Centre de recherche du CHUM (CRCHUM), are shedding new light on one of the greatest challenges in HIV research: understanding why the virus remains in the body despite treatment. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-link-hepatitis-hiv-persistence.html Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:40:01 EDT news707554099 New data on LawAtlas.org capture details of state laws that allow individuals younger than the legal "age of majority" to autonomously consent to general health care, HIV and STI services. This longitudinal dataset includes state statutes and regulations for the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and captures changes in the law from May 31, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2024. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-states-minors-autonomy-consent-stihiv.html Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:40:01 EDT news707398864 Following the Trump administration's 2018 announcement of changes to the public charge rule that would penalize immigrants for using public benefit programs, antisanctuary counties in the U.S. saw a 16.8% increase in HIV cases among Hispanic populations, compared with baseline counties. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-anti-immigrant-policy-contributed-hiv.html Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:20:04 EDT news706883283 The Lancet HIV Commission on Aging's 2026 report highlights how profoundly the global HIV epidemic is changing. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-aging-hiv-global-highlights-health.html Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:20:07 EDT news706793942 Tuberculosis (TB) is responsible for about a quarter of all AIDS deaths. In 2024, it was also the leading cause of death among people with HIV. This is despite TB being a preventable and curable disease. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-tb-treatment-people-hiv-shown.html Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:00:03 EDT news706250882 The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2010 with the support of the United Nations. Its mission is to improve access to essential medicines in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). It negotiates voluntary licenses with patent holders—typically pharmaceutical companies—before granting nonexclusive and geographically limited sublicenses to manufacturers in targeted countries, where the originator companies—that is, those that bring new medicinal products to market—typically are not active. This results in low or no royalty payments by sublicensees to patent holders, together with competition among multiple sublicensees in the targeted geographic markets, which helps reduce the price of medicines. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-medicines-patent-pool-access-essential.html Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:40:03 EDT news706186682 A group of 50 participants from across the United States sat at their computers and logged in to a bespoke video game designed by Northeastern University researchers. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-video-games-personalize-cognitive-vulnerable.html Sun, 16 Aug 2026 16:00:01 EDT news705927990 HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks the body's immune system and remains a major global health challenge because of persistent viral reservoirs, despite effective treatments. Key factors include around 40 million people living with HIV, 1 million new infections each year and permanent viral DNA integration into host cells. Some HIV proviruses hide quietly in cells and escape both medicines and the immune system, creating a permanent viral reservoir that prevents patients from being cured. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-hiv-proviruses-chronic-inflammation.html Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:40:08 EDT news705587822 Every year, more than 120,000 newborns worldwide contract HIV, creating a global health burden that requires lifelong treatment for millions of people—assuming they have access and can afford it. New research led by Oregon Health & Science University suggests another possibility: a one-time regimen of therapies given to newborns within three days of birth to permanently clear the virus. The research is published today in the journal Nature Microbiology. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-triple-dose-regimen-permanently-hiv.html Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:00:03 EDT news705246781 As more Americans with HIV live into older age, Medicare spending on their care is projected to rise dramatically from $10.9 billion in 2026 to $27.3 billion in 2035, with HIV medications accounting for nearly two-thirds of total costs. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-qa-medicare-clinical-people-aging.html Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:00:05 EDT news705325321 Thanks to antiretroviral therapy and improved control of viral hepatitis (HBV and HCV), people living with HIV generally live longer and healthier lives. However, liver disease remains common in this population and is one of the leading causes of death. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-liver-disease-hiv-reveals-major.html Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:20:02 EDT news705228002 A new UC San Francisco study helps explain why people with HIV remain at elevated risk for type 2 diabetes despite effective suppression of the virus with modern medications. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-adults-hiv-high-diabetes.html Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:40:03 EDT news705215882