News: HIV treatment may provoke asthma in kids (Reuters) HIV treatment may provoke asthma in kids (Reuters) ================================================================================ by team on 26 August, 2008 12:18:16 Reuters - Treatment with a combination of anti-HIV drugs, known as highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), can improve the immune systems of infected patients, but new research indicates that in young children this effect may increase the risk of asthma.