And although the evidence is clearer for viral STIs like HPV and mpox, the bacterial STIs that doxycycline can prevent may take a more aggressive course in people with HIV, especially if they have low ...

Two broadly neutralising antibodies, teropavimab and zinlirvimab, might be good partners for lenacapavir (Sunlenca) in a long-acting HIV treatment regimen, according to study results presented ...

Two more people appear to be free of HIV after stem cell transplants for cancer treatment, according to a pair of posters presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI ...

📢 With heavy hearts, we announce the proposed closure of our beloved charity, NAM aidsmap, this month. After 37 years of pioneering health journalism, community engagement, and empowerment through ...

It’s rare in any branch of medicine that a trial of a new drug can report 100% efficacy, and a first in HIV science. But that’s what happened on Friday, when Gilead Sciences announced that no HIV ...

A CRISPR-based gene-editing therapy called EBT-101 was safe and well tolerated but did not prevent viral rebound in three participants who stopped antiretroviral treatment in an early study, according ...

The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SF DPH) was ahead of the game, issuing doxyPEP recommendations a year earlier and getting a head start on compiling real-world data. San Francisco’s ...

A year ago, the DoxyVAC study’s interim results raised hopes that by combining post-exposure prophylaxis using the antibiotic doxycycline (‘doxyPEP’) with a candidate vaccine against gonorrhoea, cases ...

Viral load results are also important for other aspects of patient care, but there are no clear data showing the clinical relevance of results below 200 copies/ml. One exception is that a viral load ...

BHIVA recommends that people aged 40 and over should be offered a statin irrespective of lipid levels or estimated cardiovascular risk. People with HIV aged 40 and over with an estimated 10-year risk ...

Media reports compared the outbreak to the early days of HIV, when gay men’s sexual behaviour was also linked to a stigmatised disease. However, there has been very little qualitative research ...

Switching from an integrase inhibitor to another regimen did not reverse weight gain in two studies that tested alternative regimens, researchers reported at the 12th International AIDS Society ...