HIV
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First monthly injectable HIV treatment approved by FDA
Conference Coverage
Harnessing the HIV care continuum model to improve HCV treatment success
Substance use, trauma histories, and mental health problems can negatively affect HCV care engagement.
Conference Coverage
‘Uptake is only the first step’ for effective HIV PrEP protection
Follow-up in patients who received HIV PrEP prescriptions through a Detroit program was under 50%.
News
HIV drugs prevent type 2 diabetes, may be path to new therapy
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TDF preferred in PrEP for Blacks and women, studies indicate
Conference Coverage
Shared decision-making aids choice of PrEP
News
Social factors predicted peripartum depressive symptoms in Black women with HIV
Those factors included having low income and experiencing intimate partner violence.
Conference Coverage
Heterosexual men likely to have unmet HIV treatment needs
In high-income countries, men with HIV who had sex with men were diagnosed earlier than men with HIV who had sex with women.
News
Dual therapy serves as well as triple for most HIV patients
Patients with a low viral load were significantly more likely to experience treatment failure on dual therapy than on triple therapy.
Conference Coverage
Being HIV positive increases risk of death from COVID-19
For patients below the age of 70, the risk of mortality was double in people with HIV.