One of the most important scientific HIV/AIDS conferences will open next week in San Francisco—the 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. You can get news from this invitation-only event here at Science Speaks, as well as at www.aidsmap.com, which will be providing in-depth coverage of the conference. Science Speaks will have updates on the new HIV/AIDS science presented at CROI, as well as associated policy implications of new approaches to HIV treatment, prevention and care.
HIV
Could GeneXpert viral load test represent a potential win-win for the TB and HIV responses?
Researchers comparing measures in India study say yes The breakthrough represented by the development and WHO approval in 2010 of the GeneXpert rapid test to detect […]
Tuberculosis
TB killed an estimated 239,000 children in 2015, nearly all of them untreated, study finds
Analysis shows TB may be sixth highest cause of under-five deaths; toll could be prevented with improved case-finding, diagnosis A study has produced the first estimates […]
Research & Development
Investigation of fatal congenital Zika cases show injury to spinal cord caused by virus
Report gives evidence that neurological impacts of Zika go beyond effects on brain development By the time pediatric pathologists explored the cases reported in the August […]
Policy
One year after recovery, Ebola survivors likelier than peers to suffer disabilities
Problems that included compromised vision, mobility, memory and concentration, as well as depression, anxiety and fatigue dogged Ebola survivors a year after their illnesses at rates […]
