July 27, 2012 (Washington, DC) — Despite great reductions in opportunistic infections (OIs) since the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for AIDS, they are still common, and ...

Purpose: The rationale for recent changes in guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections (OIs) in HIV-infected persons is discussed. Summary: The epidemiology of AIDS has changed ...

About one-third (35 percent) of AIDS patients diagnosed with the first opportunistic infection from 1997 to 2012 in San Francisco died within five years, according to a study published in the Journal ...

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, can produce a more severe and more deadly form of disease in people living with advanced HIV infections, researchers wrote in the Lancet medical journal on Tuesday, ...

The conference emphasized advancements in HIV pathogenesis, persistence, and gene therapy, alongside policy and drug use intersections. Lenacapavir was found safe in adolescents, offering new insights ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a germ that causes a lifelong infection that slowly weakens the immune system. Though the infection is lifelong, medicines can keep the virus in check and help ...

Exploring caregiver dependence and social determinants of health reveals critical barriers to HIV care for children, impacting treatment adherence and access, explains Priscilla Tsondai, MD, MPH.

Decades after its discovery, the emerging view of idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia (ICL) -- popularly dubbed "AIDS without HIV" -- is that it may be more homogeneous than originally thought, despite ...

A recent CDC report documented a case of HIV infection in three women who received cosmetic injections in 2018. Although disturbing, this news is not catastrophic, like it would have been three ...