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MSM have higher CD4 counts at HIV diagnosis than heterosexuals
- Author:
- Heather Boerner
“We were stunned.”
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HIV: Dual therapy with twice-yearly injections on the horizon
- Author:
- Heather Boerner
“Clearly it’s incredibly exciting to have the option for a subcutaneous drug that could be given at home every 6 months.”
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Full results of anal cancer study point to barriers to care
- Author:
- Heather Boerner
Infrastructure, algorithms, and workforce training are going be needed to meet the currently unserved people through use of high-resolution...
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Long COVID is real and consists of these conditions – or does it?
- Author:
- Heather Boerner
“I think this is at least helpful in telling us what disease states are different pre- and post COVID, and what sorts of diagnoses clinicians...
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16 toddlers with HIV at birth had no detectable virus 2 years later
- Author:
- Heather Boerner
“We’re confirming here that the first step toward remission and cure is reducing reservoirs. We’ve got that here.”
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A third person living with HIV has been cured by transplant
- Author:
- Heather Boerner
“There was no GVH disease. That’s incredible. It’s a wonderful thing.”
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Dapivirine vaginal ring for HIV prevention no longer under consideration by the FDA
- Author:
- Heather Boerner
That leaves cisgender women – especially the Black and Latinx women who make up the vast majority of women who acquire HIV every year – with two...
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New HIV PrEP guidelines call for clinicians to talk to patients about HIV prevention meds
- Author:
- Heather Boerner
The CDC recommends all clinicians talk to their sexually active adolescent and adult patients about HIV pre-...
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HIV: Syringe services fill the gap when clinicians refuse to prescribe PrEP to people who inject drugs
- Author:
- Heather Boerner
Both approaches – syringe services and PrEP – play a key role in the president’s new National HIV/AIDS Strategy...
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Second woman spontaneously clears HIV: ‘We think more are out there’
- Author:
- Heather Boerner
The woman appears to be the second person whose immune system cleared the virus without the use of stem cell...
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More than half of people living with HIV have coronary plaque
- Author:
- Heather Boerner
“Traditional risk factors and duration of HIV infection were associated with severe coronary artery disease.”...
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Maraviroc, metformin fail to control NAFLD in people with HIV
- Author:
- Heather Boerner
“As yet, the only thing that is proven to have a very positive effect that is published is weight loss.”
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Without PrEP, a third of new HIV cases occur in MSM at low risk
- Author:
- Heather Boerner
“If people are coming forward for PrEP, they have self-identified that they need PrEP, [and] we should be...
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Long-acting HIV ART: Lessons from a year of Cabenuva
- Author:
- Heather Boerner
“This is my conclusion from these data: the oral lead-in period is not necessary.”
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One in six HIV PrEP Descovy switches contraindicated
- Author:
- Heather Boerner
“They may have a friend who has heard that Descovy is newer and safer,” Mr. Froehle said. But that’s not...