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On-demand PrEP protects high-risk men against HIV
A landmark study in France has demonstrated that preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) antiretroviral therapy offers protection against HIV-1 infection...
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Are you PrEPping your high HIV-risk patients?
One-third of U.S. primary care physicians are unaware that there is a daily prophylactic medication that can reduce the risk of sexually...
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Global HIV treatment goals face resource challenges
The World Health Organization’s treatment targets for HIV may be financially unachievable, according to modeling that predicts a potential...
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Study questions efficacy of NRTIs in HIV salvage therapy
HIV-infected patients in whom antiretroviral therapy has failed are not benefited by treatment regimens that include nucleotide reverse...
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PrEP effective in preventing HIV acquisition in MSM and transgender women
Men who have sex with men and transgender women who take daily, oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine as pre-exposure prophylaxis...
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Study: Marketplace silver plans offer poor access to HIV drugs
In most states, consumers with HIV or AIDS who buy silver-level plans on the insurance marketplaces find limited coverage of common drug regimens...
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FDA approves new single-tablet HIV treatment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the fixed-dose combination tablet Genvoya as a complete regimen for the treatment of HIV-1...
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Efavirenz-based therapy an option for HIV-infected children
Switching HIV-infected children aged 3 and older from a recommended first-line antiretroviral treatment to efavirenz-based therapy may offer...
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HHS awards $2.2 billion for HIV/AIDS care in FY 2015
Over $2.2 billion in grants from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program were awarded to states, cities, and local organizations in fiscal year 2015,...
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HIV testing low among patients admitted for pneumonia
Only 39% of patients hospitalized for pneumonia underwent HIV testing, even though federal recommendations for universal HIV screening in all...
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Study: Disproportionately high HIV infection rate for Hispanics
Hispanics or Latinos, particularly homosexual males and those engaging in intravenous drug use, make up a disproportionately high percentage of...