HIV
Conference Coverage
In the military, Latino and Black MSM receive more PrEP prescriptions than White counterparts
While the study suggests prescriptions are reaching target populations, “the most concerning finding is that it is not happening in the robust...
Conference Coverage
More than half of people living with HIV have coronary plaque
News
ANCHOR study findings may usher in new care standards for anal cancer in HIV-infected patients
“A lot of people with HIV have these high-grade lesions. If we were able to identify who’s at highest risk of all of them, that would be very...
Conference Coverage
Updates to CDC’s STI guidelines relevant to midlife women too
An uptick in STIs, especially syphilis, in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women means the new STI recommendations from the CDC are relevant for...
News
NIH on HIV vaccine failure: ‘Get your HIV-negative, at-risk patients on PrEP tomorrow’
Conference Coverage
Two-drug dolutegravir treatment noninferior to 3/4 drug regimen
The fixed-dose dolutegravir-based regimen shows noninferiority versus any ART regimens, while also showing feasibility as a first-line treatment...
Conference Coverage
HIV increases risk for severe COVID-19
“We don’t have any information from this about the T-cell counts [or] the rates of viral suppression, which I think is tremendously important,”...
News
Syphilis prevalence in MSM 15 times higher than in general population
Conference Coverage
Liver transplant outcomes improving for U.S. patients with HIV/HCV
Hepatitis C virus infection no longer confers worse patient survival in the era of DAA therapy, but the population remains underserved.
Original Research
Reducing False-Positive Results With Fourth-Generation HIV Testing at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Switching from a third- to fourth-generation HIV testing assay produced fewer false-positive results with greater specificity.