In the ongoing effort to find new therapeutics for infants born infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, an international team of investigators has discovered that babies can tolerate treatment ...

HIV infections are lifelong and can weaken the immune system, causing a patient to be more susceptible to infection and various cancers. Children of mothers with HIV are at risk of developing an HIV ...

Landmark studies demonstrated that reducing maternal viral load with zidovudine (ZDV) significantly decreased mother-to-infant HIV transmission. In subsequent trials, more-intensive treatment of ...

By Jennifer Rigby and Vincent Mumo Nzilani LONDON/NAIROBI, July 21 (Reuters) - Around 77,000 fewer children worldwide received HIV treatment supported by the U.S. in the year to October 2025 than in ...

Early infant diagnosis and prompt initiation of antiretroviral therapy constitute a cornerstone of paediatric HIV care. Infants infected perinatally face rapid disease progression and high mortality ...

Infants born to mothers living with HIV who remain uninfected (HIV-exposed uninfected, HEU) constitute a growing global cohort at elevated risk of morbidity and mortality compared with their ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among over 3 million infants born from 2009 to 2021, 0.07% received postnatal antiretroviral prophylaxis. Of ...

At least 78 children in Sindh, Pakistan, have been infected with HIV amid allegations of unsafe injection practices. Samaan Lateef reports.

Christine Kafando was the first person to talk publicly about living with HIV in Burkina Faso and helped to set up one of the first community organisations for people living with HIV in the landlocked ...

Over the past two decades, South Africa made massive progress in reducing transmission of HIV from mothers to their babies. Even so, about 7,000 babies still contract the virus every year. Experts put ...

Getty Images Guidelines for HIV-positive mothers who wish to breastfeed have been updated with new recommendations. HIV-positive mothers with undetectable viral load can now safely breastfeed their ...

Much has been done to mitigate rates of HIV and AIDS, but more work remains as children are still vulnerable to the virus and the disease it causes.