Adolescent Medicine

• IOM report outlines core indicators of HIV clinical care

• Infectious Disease News, April 2012
• The Institute of Medicine has issued a report identifying the core indicators related to continuous HIV clinical care and access to supportive services...More »

• Timing of ART failed to affect neurodevelopmental outcomes in children

• March 12, 2012
• There were no differences in neurodevelopmental outcomes among children who had deferred antiretroviral therapy compared with children who immediately...More »

• Circumcision program reduced HIV acquisition in non-Muslim men

• March 9, 2012
• A circumcision program in Rakai, Uganda reduced HIV acquisition in non-Muslim men over four years, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins University...More »

• Microbial translocation linked to immune activation in HIV-infected children

• February 22, 2012
• Gut microbial translocation persisted after control of HIV replication and was associated directly or indirectly with generalized immune activation,...More »

• Microbial translocation linked to immune activation in HIV-infected children

• Infectious Disease News, March 2012
• Gut microbial translocation persisted after control of HIV replication and was associated directly or indirectly with generalized immune activation,...More »

• Cash transfers decreased HIV, HSV-2 risk of school-aged Malawian females

• Infectious Diseases in Children, April 2012
• A program that provided cash transfers to unmarried school-aged females and their parents in Malawi decreased the risk for HIV and herpes simplex virus...More »

• FDA approves formulations of tenofovir for HIV-infected children

• January 23, 2012
• The FDA has approved updated labeling for tenofovir disoproxil fumarate to include dosing information for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in pediatric...More »

• Elimination of infant HIV in Zimbabwe associated with better access to antiretroviral medication, continued usage

• January 16, 2012
• Eradicating new infant HIV infections in Zimbabwe will require improved access to antiretroviral medications and support to help HIV-infected mothers...More »

• FDA approves drug for pediatric HIV

• December 22, 2011
• The FDA approved today a drug for use as treatment for HIV-1 infection in children and adolescents.
  The agency approved raltegravir (Isentress, Merck) for...More »

• FDA approves first HIV/AIDS vaccine for human clinical trials

• December 21, 2011
• The FDA has approved the first preventive HIV vaccine to begin human clinical trials in January, according to a press release from the University of...More »

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