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A Salmonella enteriditis outbreak linked to eggs supplied by Milo’s Poultry Farms in Bonduel, Wisconsin, has resulted in 65 illnesses and 24 hospitalizations in nine states, according to the CDC.

Twice-yearly injectable lenacapavir for HIV prevention reduced HIV infections by 96% compared with background HIV incidence and demonstrated superiority over a once-daily pill for PrEP in a phase 3 trial, Gilead Sciences announced Thursday.

Even before I came to the United States to start my internal medicine residency, I had discovered that my calling was a career in infectious diseases.

HHS this week announced that it will allocate more than $1.4 billion in funding through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program to help people with HIV who have low incomes receive medication and care.

People with virally suppressed HIV who are hospitalized with community acquired pneumonia do not have a higher mortality risk than people without HIV, according to a study.

A new study provides the first evidence that illicit fentanyl use may play a role in hepatitis C transmission among injection drug users, according to researchers.

Two experimental HIV vaccine regimens failed to reduce infections in a 3-year trial in eastern and southern Africa compared with participants who were taking a placebo, some of whom were on oral PrEP, according to a study.

Researchers found that lenacapavir, an investigational long-acting antiretroviral drug, prevented 100% of new HIV infections among cisgender women in Africa who received injections every 26 weeks.

Testing HIV PrEP users for STIs every 6 months did not increase the risk for STIs compared with testing them every 3 months and could reduce the cost of PrEP programs, according to a study.