PrEP

Research suggests studies should adjust their cohort comparison group to account for demographics most represented by people living with HIV.

The Fenway Institute is hosting its upcoming Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference. The program will include education on transgender medical care as well as how clinicians and people within this community can interact and the former can understand the latter’s needs when it comes to preventative and acute care.

England has been meeting and exceeding its HIV diagnosis and treatment goals set by UNAIDS.

Parentless youth living on the streets had the highest rates of HIV and death, but extended-family living situations were not necessarily better than institutional care.

The therapy, known as EBT-101, works by eliminating HIV-infected DNA from the genome.

To address PrEP implementation in Kenya, a team of researchers evaluated practices and contextual modifications across public HIV clinics.

Antiretroviral therapy for HIV offers a protective outcome against preterm birth for pregnant women with HIV.

The University of Miami (UM) has a community-based mobile clinic that offers PrEP counseling along with other medical services to those who might not otherwise have access to or seek clinical care.

Higher HIV viral loads and additional heart disease factors increase the risk as well.

A small subset of people living with HIV (PLWH) can naturally suppress the virus without medication.

Changes in perceptions about the severity of HIV with advances in treatment and efforts to normalize living with the disease may create challenges for HIV prevention, a new study from the Netherlands suggests.

Islatravir exerts multiple mechanisms against HIV, demonstrates treatment effectiveness with doravirine, and is a potential weekly or monthly oral PrEP.

Optimizing delivery of HIV preexposure prophylaxis will take more than access to health care, according to a recent analysis of PrEP use behaviors among adults in an integrated health system.

Despite heightened cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, too few get drugs at appropriate dose, researchers say.

It is important to go out into the local communities to educate people about PrEP as countries try to scale up with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) PrEP recommendations.

Global use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis has risen as more countries have adopted World Health Organization recommendations.

New Imbokodo findings show a 4-dose regimen was only about 25% effective in preventing HIV in at-risk women, hindering progress for the vaccine.

The adoption of numerous HIV prevention measures was associated with an 80% drop in the number of HIV diagnoses, a study evaluating the success of 56 Dean Street in London found.

What does this form of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) mean in terms of options and initiation.

HIV risk perception and concern regarding HIV infection declined during the study.

A review of selected investigational long-active treatment options for HIV.

Long acting injectable PrEP therapies that are safe and effective are needed to increase options for at-risk individuals.

Macro and micro strategies are at play in aiming to create greater PrEP access and adoption.

PrEP initiations, discontinuations and lapses all increased among Latinx patients post shelter-in-place orders.

A new study sought to approach the HIV epidemic in the United States through a distributional cost-effectiveness analysis across 6 cities.

An expert from Temple reflects on the first 10 years of PrEP innovation, and what's needed in the next decade.

Drugs, personnel, and laboratory costs comprised 50%, 38%, and 12% of program costs.

Some patients who switched appear to have done so in anticipation of clinical indications.

Pharmacist-initiated access, as well as longer treatment durations, may redefine HIV prevention efforts.

Reviewers attribute less severe COVID-19 symptoms in patients with HIV and low CD4 count to reduced capacity for immune reactions including cytokine storm.