Life expectancy with HIV nears normal with treatment

Young adults with HIV who get treatment are living longer in North America and Europe, a new study finds.
In fact, a 20-year-old with HIV who began antiretroviral treatment in 2008 or later and had a low viral load after a year of treatment has a life expectancy that’s close to that of the general population — around 78 years old, the study found.
But life expectancy for people with HIV mostly remains lower than that of the general population, according to the study published in