Hiv Infection
PRO 140 on track to be part of combination MDR HIV treatment
VIDEO: Factors underlying HIV persistence impact search for cure
There are several mechanisms that contribute to HIV persistence, all of which may influence the ability to develop a cure, according to Jonathan Z. Li, MD, MMSc, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital and member of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Guest Commentary: Limited Medicaid expansion leaves many blacks, women with HIV uninsured

In this guest commentary, Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH, FIDSA, professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and immediate past president of the HIV Medicine Association, discusses the role of the Affordable Care Act in increasing health insurance coverage among people with HIV and the gaps in coverage that remain, particularly among individuals of low socioeconomic status and blacks.
US observes 35th anniversary of first reported cases of AIDS
VIDEO: Raphael J. Landovitz, MD, reviews barriers, solutions to use of PrEP in women
Sexual disclosure laws require reconsideration for teens with HIV
ATLANTA — Troubled adolescents with HIV infection often experience social barriers that prevent or discourage disclosure of their status to sexual partners that can lead to prosecution. Barriers among this at-risk demographic highlight the need for a review of zero-tolerance mandatory disclosure laws, according to a study presented at the CDC’s National HIV Prevention Conference.
Opt-out testing at children’s hospitals increases HIV testing rate
MSM who exchange sex for money often unaware of HIV infection
Prompt linkage to care reduces HIV progression, time to viral suppression
PCPs frequently unaware of PrEP

ATLANTA — Primary care clinicians frequently reported low awareness of pre-exposure prophylaxis, but once informed they often were interested in prescribing the treatment and pursuing education concerning its appropriate use, according to survey data presented at the CDC’s National HIV Prevention Conference.