Infectious Diseases
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A new use for dating apps: Chasing STDs
With people migrating online to meet partners, following them there makes sense.
Commentary
The surprising failure of vitamin D in deficient kids
Having lower levels of vitamin D is not necessarily the thing causing bad outcomes.
Feature
U.S. flu activity already at mid-season levels
Nationally, 6% of all outpatient visits were because of flu or flu-like illness for the week of Nov. 13-19.
Latest News
More work needed to optimize STI screening in primary care settings
Primary care doctors should incorporate some questions about sexual health during a regular head-to-toe checkup and ask questions in a very...
Conference Coverage
Future HIV PrEP innovations aim to address adherence, women’s health, and combination treatments
Only about 20% of people who could benefit from PrEP use the preventative medication.
Conference Coverage
People living with HIV are a model population for vaccination
The PLWH community can still offer valuable insights into effective ways to reach out to people.
From the Journals
Study finds chronic jet lag–like body clocks in people with HIV
The mistimed circadian phase in people living with HIV is linked to later sleep onset and earlier waking and has “important potential implications...
Conference Coverage
PrEP education during STI testing could boost HIV protection
It comes down to numbers. More people seek screening for STIs compared with those who actively seek PrEP for HIV prevention.
Feature
More vaccinated people dying of COVID as fewer get booster shots
But the case for the effectiveness of vaccines and boosters versus skipping the shots remains strong.
Conference Coverage
Study supports banning probiotics from the ICU
The risk is particularly acute for powdered formulations, presumably because powder more easily disseminates to contaminate central venous...
From the Journals
Opt-out HIV testing in EDs can help identify undiagnosed cases
On implementation of opt-out testing, the proportion of tests performed increased from 57.9% to 69% in a study.