Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO), 01 October, 2015 The WHO Guideline on when to start antiretroviral therapy and on pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV, released 30 September, recommends that everyone diagnosed with HIV should be offered immediate antiretroviral therapy (ART), and all people at ‘substantial’ risk of HIV should be offered pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)...
HIV infection and low CD4 count associated with hardening of arteries
nam aidsmap, 06 May 2015
HIV infection is associated with an increased risk of hardening of the arteries, investigators report in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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Functional HIV Cure Step Closer With FDA Approval Of Clinical Human Trials
Medical Daily, Mar 10, 2015 12:04 PM
A possible “functional cure” for HIV has recently been granted FDA approval for further human testing.
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“Mississippi Baby” Now Has Detectable HIV, Researchers Find
NIH, July 10, 2014 uly 10, 2014 • 0 comments • By NIH Newsroom uly 10, 2014 • 0 comments • By NIH Newsroom uly 10, 2014 • 0 comments • By NIH Newsroom The child known as the “Mississippi baby”—an infant seemingly cured of HIV that was reported as a case study of a prolonged remission of HIV infection in The New England Journal of Medicine last fall—now has detectable levels of HIV after more...