People living with HIV face unique oral health challenges that require special attention and care. The virus’s impact on the immune system creates conditions that make the mouth more vulnerable to ...

Current research demonstrates that the tonsils may possess the necessary factors to act as a transmission site for the spread of HIV. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) spreads mainly through sexual ...

People living with HIV/AIDS often experience an assortment of oral health ailments. In fact, the mouth can be the first place that symptoms from HIV infection appear. So it's particularly important ...

Oral HPV prevalence is higher in HIV-positive mother-child pairs, with diverse high- and low-risk subtypes identified. HPV-related cancers are more prevalent in HIV-positive individuals, especially in ...

Cost and insurance coverage issues significantly hinder PrEP uptake, especially among those with delayed or non-pickup of prescriptions. Transgender individuals face lower PrEP adoption rates compared ...

A convenient, easy to use, and rapid alternative to blood-based HIV testing may become the new standard for field testing according to a new study. The study shows that the oral fluid-based OraQuick ...

A new HIV antiretroviral shows promise as a long-acting, oral prophylactic agent, according to a new study by Izzat Raheem, Tracy Diamond and colleagues from Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, ...

When a person is diagnosed with HIV, they are placed on a lifelong HIV treatment regimen, called antiretroviral therapy, to keep the virus under control. But for many people, having to take medicine ...

No significant differences were found in HbA1c levels during the first year of therapy with metformin, sulfonylureas, or thiazolidinediones in type 2 diabetic HIV-positive and HIV-negative veterans.