May 6th 2024
PrEP could work for women too, but there's a gap in HIV rates among this demographic, especially Black women. Outside of PrEP's proven effectiveness, the below facts suggest the need for better promotion and more options.
Examining Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in People Living with HIV
March 21st 2023The known benefits of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in pregnant persons living with HIV outweigh the risks, which include low-birth weight and metabolic complications for the pregnant person, says the lead author of a review article ART and adverse outcomes published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Disparities in HIV Prescribing Narrowed As Federal Guidelines Changed, Study Finds
January 4th 2023But disparities among White, Black and Hispanic patients were largest among those with private insurance, according to findings reported in JAMA. The researchers speculate that differences in dealing with prior authorization may have widened disparities in the prescribing integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs).
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They Are Still There. Barriers to HIV Testing and Care.
November 1st 2022In a conversation with Managed Healthcare Executive®, Genoa Healthcare Sales Director Jennifer Finocchiaro discusses social determinants of health, the LGBTQ+ community and the demographic contours of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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People with HIV are more susceptible to getting COVID-19 and having a severe case. Researchers at the University of Miami Miller of School of Medicine are heading up an NIAID-funded study that will use artificial intelligence to observe the overlap of the two infectious diseases and the evolution new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
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How President Biden Can Meet His Pledge to End HIV by 2030
September 19th 2022Preexposure prophylaxis and emphasizing the U=U (undetectable = untransmittable) message are central to the efforts to end the HIV epidemic, a goal that the Biden administration picked up from the Trump administration.
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