Preventive Medicine News

SAN FRANCISCO — Increasing HPV vaccination rates could help decrease the number of cancer cases “attributable to HIV,” according to data from a study presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.

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SAN FRANCISCO — New data suggest that lenacapavir delivered just once per year could be as effective for HIV prevention as the twice-yearly injections already under review by the FDA.

Lawmakers grilled Martin Makary, MD, MPH, on transparency, his plans for mifepristone and his stance on the recently cancelled Vaccine Advisory Committee meeting during Thursday’s senate hearing to be the next FDA commissioner.

The addition of treatment for male partners reduced the recurrence of bacterial vaginosis among women enrolled in a randomized trial compared with treating only the women, researchers reported.

Children vaccinated against COVID-19 were more than 50% less likely to develop at least one long COVID symptom compared with unvaccinated children, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

The U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer has released updated guidance establishing a “reasonable benchmark” for the quality of bowel preparation prior to a colonoscopy exam.

In January, Traumagel, a plant-based hemostatic gel that controls bleeding in seconds when applied to a wound at the point of care, saw its commercial release in the United States.

Among populations with low adherence to colorectal cancer screening, annual fecal immunochemical testing was the cheapest and most effective noninvasive screening method, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.