Top 10 HIV and Hepatitis Stories of 2017
For our last issue, HIVandHepatitis.com reviews some the year's major HIV, viral hepatitis, and related news highlights. As we enter 2018, antiretroviral treatment for HIV is about as good as it can get, use of PrEP for HIV prevention is expanding rapidly, and most people can be cured of hepatitis C with 2 or 3 months of well-tolerated therapy. But these advances are still not reaching everyone who needs them. The search for a functional cure for HIV, better treatments for hepatitis B, and management of fatty liver disease remain major challenges for the year ahead.
HIV Cure Summit Hears About New Remission Case
The past year brought no major breakthroughs in the search for an HIV cure, but a growing understanding of how the virus hides in the body bring us closer to strategies for long-term remission, researchers and advocates said at the 2017 HIV Cure Summit in San Francisco.
Coverage of the 2017 AASLD Liver Meeting
HIVandHepatitis.com coverage of the 2017 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Liver Meeting in Washington, DC, October 20-24, 2017.
Conference highlights include direct-acting antiviral therapy for difficult-to-treat people with hepatitis C, novel hepatitis B agents, complications of viral hepatitis, and NAFLD/NASH.
Full coverage listing by topic
11/30/17
Coverage of the 2017 IAS Conference on HIV Science
HIVandHepatitis.com coverage of the 9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science, July 23-26, 2017, in Paris.
Full coverage listing by topic
7/31/17