HIV

Young transgender adults had increased adherence to long-acting pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) when adherence was confirmed via blood testing and incentives were delivered in cash.

High stigma due to HIV was also associated with depression and drug use, making the reduction in stigma vital for improving the care of women with HIV.

The clearance rates for those coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are still higher than those with HCV alone.

Patients with HIV had lower adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) if they lived in areas with the lowest disadvantage.

Quality of life in people living with HIV was lower in those who had weight gain from adherence to antiretroviral therapy.

Mother-to-child transmission often led to pretreatment drug resistance and acquired drug resistance in children living with HIV.

A new study shows low rates of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prescribing to sexual and gender minority individuals living in North Carolina, indicating barriers like stigma and a misperception of risk as reasons for not using PrEP.

HIV care and its related outcomes in South Carolina were defined by racial disparities, specifically in retention in care, despite efforts to end the HIV epidemic.

New data demonstrated that long-acting cabotegravir was preferable to daily dolutegravir/lamivudine in treatment-naive people living with HIV.

Significant demographic differences were found when evaluating the use of depression services in people living with HIV and depression.

Countries in sub-Saharan Africa could see thousands of deaths from HIV due to cuts to the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), underscoring the necessity of reinstating the program.

Black men who were identified as sexual minorities were more receptive to long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) vs on-demand PrEP.

Making pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) more accessible can help to decrease the incidence of HIV in the US.

A model that can estimate the need for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the US can help to clarify use patterns to address HIV in local settings.

The approval of lenacapavir, a form of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), marks significant progress in preventing HIV, making it vital for the treatment to be available and accessible to those most vulnerable, explains Colleen Kelley, MD, MPH, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.

The approval of lenacapavir for use as pre-exposure prophylaxis is a significant step in reducing the incidence of HIV across the globe, including in areas where the PURPOSE trials were conducted.

The FDA approval marks the first approval of a type of pre-exposure prophylaxis that would only require 2 treatments per year.

Learning the best type of HIV prevention for those at highest risk can start with conversations about their options, writes Zandraetta Tims-Cook, MD, MPH, AAHIVS

The Trump administration has ended a program seeking a vaccine for HIV, the first in a series of decisions that is leaving vaccine research and expertise behind.

About 40% of people living with HIV in an international survey did not make joint decisions regarding treatment with their provider despite reporting a high amount of trust.

People living with HIV who have taken highly active antiretroviral therapy can have hyperlipidemia predicted in advance by machine learning.

A panelist discusses how HIV treatment has evolved with tremendous improvements in efficacy, tolerability, and convenience, with exciting developments at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections 2025, including new long-acting therapies for treatment and prevention that could last up to 2 years.

Sleep disorders and mental health complications were more common in adolescents or young adults who had HIV across the globe.

A panelist discusses how CD4 counts serve as measures of immune system status that typically increase by about 200 in the first year of antiretroviral therapy. Although there can be laboratory variability, these counts remain important for patient monitoring and identifying those at risk for complications.

A panelist discusses how the injectable combination of cabotegravir and rilpivirine performed well in the real-world OPERA cohort, with over 95% of patients maintaining virologic suppression. However, adherence to injection schedules remains a challenge, with only 62% receiving injections on time.

The CDC uses molecular cluster detection to find the transmission of HIV that could pinpoint where there are gaps in HIV care.

Patients with HIV can take both their antiretroviral therapy (ART) and treatment to prevent tuberculosis safely to prevent infection and further spread of the virus.

The ability to estimate their last viral load was high among women with HIV living in British Columbia, even in those with adverse sociodemographic factors.

A panelist discusses how the new doravirine and islatravir combination offers an alternative to integrase inhibitor-based therapies, particularly useful for patients with integrase inhibitor resistance or adverse reactions, although clinicians may struggle with determining the ideal patient population.