HIV

Improved HIV care has increased life expectancy by up to ten years

Reducing the toxicity of antiretroviral drugs, improving prophylaxis and better management of comorbidities have extended life expectancy for people with HIV, study results show.…

PrEP trial to be run in Wales despite uncertainty from All Wales Medicines Strategy Group

A Wales-wide study to make the antiretroviral combination treatment Truvada available for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV infection has been announced by Vaughan Gething, Welsh health secretary.…

Scotland will fund pre-exposure prophylaxis for people at high risk of HIV

People in Scotland at risk of HIV will be able to access pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) treatment on the NHS.…

What healthcare professionals can do to help limit HIV resistance

Limiting HIV resistance must not be neglected in an era where we continue to see breakthroughs in treatment for the infection once labelled a death sentence.…

NICE proposes routine HIV testing in high prevalence areas

Adults and young people who live in local authority areas where the prevalence of HIV is ranked as “extremely high” may routinely be offered a test for the virus when they are admitted to hospital or attend an emergency department, according to new proposals from the National Institute f…

Research theory suggests HIV treatment may be increasing syphilis rates

Researchers have raised concerns that antiretroviral drugs given to HIV patients may be increasing susceptibility to syphilis.…

Immune stimulation could boost therapeutic HIV vaccine

Combining HIV vaccination with immune stimulation delayed viral rebound in monkeys with simian immunotherapy virus.…

Unanswered questions about proposed PrEP trial

With 17 new HIV diagnoses made every day in the UK, we need to be bold and ambitious in our approach to HIV prevention — and this must include access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for all who need it. For two years we have been calling for a long-term, stable home for PrEP within th…

NHS England to trial pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention before full roll-out

NHS England has announced it will fund a large-scale clinical trial on the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV ahead of a national roll-out.…

NICE recommends HIV testing in community pharmacy to cut number of undiagnosed cases

New guideline recommends that HIV testing should be available in community settings, the voluntary sector and venues where there may be high-risk sexual behaviour.…