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Curbside Consults: Real-Life Case Studies to Simplify HIV PrEP Implementation – An Adolescent Transgender Female in Search of an Answer

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Curbside Consults: Real-Life Case Studies to Simplify HIV PrEP Implementation – Elderly Bisexual Male Has a Partner Infected With HIV

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Curbside Consults: Real-Life Case Studies to Simplify HIV PrEP Implementation – Adult Cisgender Female Desires HIV Protection

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February 07, 2022
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Discovery of ‘highly virulent’ HIV variant ‘not a public health crisis’

Researchers discovered what they described as a “highly virulent” variant of HIV-1 that has been circulating in the Netherlands for the past 2 decades.

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September 08, 2020
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Truvada payments totaled more than $2B in 2018

Third-party and out-of-pocket payments for a 30-day supply of Truvada for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis added up to $2.08 billion in 2018, data show.

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May 05, 2020
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Durvalumab feasible, safe for HIV-1-infected patients with cancer

Durvalumab appeared feasible and safe for patients with cancer and HIV-1 infection who receive combination antiretroviral therapy, according to results of a single-arm phase 2 study published in JAMA Oncology.

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October 25, 2019
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ART-related weight gain ‘ubiquitous’ and ‘reflective of our society’

Findings from a pooled analysis of eight randomized controlled clinical trials showed that weight gain is “ubiquitous” in treatment-naive patients with HIV who initiate ART, and that it can be impacted by demographic factors such as race and gender, HIV-related factors, and the type of ART regimen, researchers reported.

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October 21, 2019
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‘Like insects in amber’: ART ‘freezes’ latent HIV reservoir

The latent HIV reservoir is mostly formed soon after the initiation of treatment, suggesting that ART indirectly affects the host environment to favor the establishment of latently infected long-lived cells, researchers reported in Science Translational Medicine.

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September 14, 2019
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Helminth infection may reduce HIV transmission, disease

In vitro findings published in PLOS Pathogens showed that Schistosoma mansoni antigens have the ability to reduce HIV infection and replication, suggesting that coinfection with parasitic helminths stimulates an immune response that may reduce HIV transmission or disease, researchers reported.

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August 27, 2019
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Social support, HIV self-management improve transition from pediatric to adult care

Improving social support and cultivating the self-management skills of young adults with perinatally acquired HIV can increase retention in care and improve clinical health during their transition to adult care, according to a recent study.

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