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Depression puts teen girls in South Africa at higher risk of HIV infection

Teen girls in South Africa face an extraordinary threat of HIV: By the time they reach adulthood, one in four South African girls will have contracted the virus, and most are first infected during adolescence.

19 Nov 2019

Malaria research advances immunotherapy in lupus, HIV

A new study published on November 19, 2019, in the journal Cell Reports, shows how the body’s immune system responds to malaria, which in turn promises to teach scientists how to design more effective therapies for a range of illnesses that are modulated by the immune response.

19 Nov 2019

MIT researchers develop method to isolate T cells primed for certain allergies or infections

When your immune system is exposed to a vaccine, an allergen, or an infectious microbe, subsets of T cells that can recognize a foreign intruder leap into action.

19 Nov 2019

UC Davis study identifies mechanism to rapidly repair leaky gut in monkeys with SIV infections

A UC Davis study found that the damaged gut lining (known as leaky gut) in monkeys infected with chronic simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), an HIV-like virus, was rapidly repaired within five hours of receiving Lactobacillus plantarum bacteria.

19 Nov 2019

How HIV self-testing affects diagnosis and behaviour in MSM

Men who have sex with men (MSMs) are among the most high-risk groups for acquiring and transmitting HIV infection. A new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicinesays that the rate of detection of new infections is more than doubled when self-testing is available. This could increase access to early treatment and thus interrupt the chain of transmission among MSMs.

18 Nov 2019

Children born to women on HIV therapy more likely to have microcephaly, developmental delays

Children born to women on HIV therapy containing the drug efavirenz were 2 to 2.5 times more likely to have microcephaly, or small head size, compared to children born to women on regimens of other antiretroviral drugs, according to an analysis funded by the National Institutes of Health.

18 Nov 2019

WHO announces two-year scheme to drive down the price of insulin

The World Health Organization plans to make insulin more affordable for the millions of people suffering from diabetes.

18 Nov 2019

CSU awarded $1.2 million subcontract to accelerate tuberculosis vaccine development

A team of researchers in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology at Colorado State University aim to advance what is known about the complex immune response necessary to prevent tuberculosis disease.

15 Nov 2019

HIV-exposed but uninfected individuals at risk of obesity and asthma-like symptoms

Adolescents and young adults who were born to mothers with HIV but remained uninfected themselves still face a greatly heightened risk of obesity and asthma-like symptoms, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital have found.

15 Nov 2019

KHN’s ‘What the Health’: Spending bill slowdown

The fiscal year started a month and a half ago, but Congress has still not agreed on an annual spending bill for the Department of Health and Human Services - or any of the other annual spending bills that fund the government.

14 Nov 2019

Study supports positive associations with mother-child bonding experiences during and after pregnancy

A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, reports that home-visiting by trained community workers during and after pregnancy can improve mother-child interactions in the first years of life.

14 Nov 2019

Study sheds light on how HIV infection may increase risk for sudden cardiac death

The success of antiretroviral therapies has extended the lives of people living with HIV, long enough for other chronic health conditions to emerge, including a recently documented uptick in sudden death.

14 Nov 2019

New study highlights opportunities to optimize use of PrEP to prevent HIV among sex workers

Preventing HIV in sex workers is a powerful tool in lowering the worldwide burden of the disease, and a new study could help ensure that high-risk women take advantage of medical safeguards.

13 Nov 2019

FIRS calls for an end to preventable deaths from pneumonia

In support of World Pneumonia Day, Nov. 12, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies, of which the American Thoracic Society is a member, calls for an end to preventable pneumonia deaths, ensuring equitable access to interventions for prevention and control of pneumonia.

12 Nov 2019

Retinal hyperspectral imaging shows promise for early Alzheimer's disease detection

Alzheimer's disease is the leading cause of dementia in the U.S., with approximately 5.4 million currently affected and an estimated 16 million by 2050.

11 Nov 2019

CRIPSR could be used to detect disease

CRISPR could be used to establish new diagnostic blood tests by identifying viral nucleic acids, such as Parvo or HPV.

11 Nov 2019

Affordable Care Act improves insurance coverage for people with HIV, cancer

A recent study reveals that, for people living with both HIV and cancer (PLWHC), implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) improved insurance coverage, both in states that expanded Medicaid coverage and those that did not.

11 Nov 2019

Researchers condemn Trump administration’s human fetal tissue ban

After more than 30 years of researchers using human fetal tissue to investigate causes of disease and the body’s response to medications, the Trump administration banned this type of research on June 5, 2019.

11 Nov 2019

Study finds fewer new cases of HCV in HIV-negative men who have sex with PrEP-using men

Data from a new study presented this week at The Liver Meeting – held by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases – found fewer new cases of hepatitis C infection (commonly called HCV), despite very high rates of other sexually-transmitted infections, in HIV-negative men who have sex with men who take pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) treatments.

10 Nov 2019

Genetic diversity impacts efficacy of cancer immunotherapy

The constant battle against infectious pathogens has had a decisive influence on the human immune system over the course of our evolution.

8 Nov 2019

HIV News and Research

Depression puts teen girls in South Africa at higher risk of HIV infection

Malaria research advances immunotherapy in lupus, HIV

MIT researchers develop method to isolate T cells primed for certain allergies or infections

UC Davis study identifies mechanism to rapidly repair leaky gut in monkeys with SIV infections

How HIV self-testing affects diagnosis and behaviour in MSM

Children born to women on HIV therapy more likely to have microcephaly, developmental delays

WHO announces two-year scheme to drive down the price of insulin

CSU awarded $1.2 million subcontract to accelerate tuberculosis vaccine development

HIV-exposed but uninfected individuals at risk of obesity and asthma-like symptoms

KHN’s ‘What the Health’: Spending bill slowdown

Study supports positive associations with mother-child bonding experiences during and after pregnancy

Study sheds light on how HIV infection may increase risk for sudden cardiac death

New study highlights opportunities to optimize use of PrEP to prevent HIV among sex workers

FIRS calls for an end to preventable deaths from pneumonia

Retinal hyperspectral imaging shows promise for early Alzheimer's disease detection

CRIPSR could be used to detect disease

Affordable Care Act improves insurance coverage for people with HIV, cancer

Researchers condemn Trump administration’s human fetal tissue ban

Study finds fewer new cases of HCV in HIV-negative men who have sex with PrEP-using men

Genetic diversity impacts efficacy of cancer immunotherapy

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