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News from CROI 2026 coming soon
The 33rd Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2026) is taking place in Denver, US, from 22 to 25 February. CROI is an annual scientific conference and was established to “provide a forum for basic scientists and clinical investigators to present, discuss, and critique their investigations into the epidemiology and biology of human retroviruses and associated diseases”. CROI 2026 will feature research and discussions on:
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Immigration and poverty tied to heightened HIV risk in the Netherlands
There is a strong social gradient associated with HIV diagnoses in the Netherlands, Dr Vita Jongen from Stichting HIV Monitoring and colleagues report in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe. People who are poorer or are first-generation immigrants are much more likely to be diagnosed with HIV, while intersections between poverty and migration further increase their vulnerability.
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People with undetectable HIV age cognitively at the same rate as those without HIV
Cognitive decline in virally suppressed people with HIV followed a similar trend and speed as in people without HIV as they aged, while people with HIV who failed to achieve or maintain stable viral suppression experienced a steeper age-related decline in cognition, report Dr James Kennedy and colleagues in a large long-term study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
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