Sexually Transmitted Diseases

The adjusted odds for having oropharyngeal gonorrhea were 1.46-fold for men with ≥4 kissing-only partners and 1.81-fold for men with ≥4 kissing-with-sex partners.

Women are quite receptive to learning about PrEP in the right environment, but some providers have a long way to go in terms of education.

Agreement between Gilead and Trump administration promises more drugs for at-risk patients.

Following a rise in sexually transmitted infection diagnoses in recent years, NIAID is awarding grants for research into syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia vaccine candidates.

In a tiny number of cases, treating HIV with ART actually makes CD4+ T cell levels fall.

Compared with no pharmacist involvement, a greater number of appropriate antiretroviral regimens were initiated with partial pharmacist involvement (62% vs. 32%, p = 0.0096).

A survey of nearly 300 pharmacy students found that 91% were aware of PrEP and 61% reported high familiarity with PrEP prescription guidelines, but knowledge gaps still remain.

Understanding barriers and facilitators of PrEP could help improve adherence among young men and transgender women of color, a recent study found.

An infamous beauty procedure is causing concern over spa safety failures after 2 clients were diagnosed with HIV.

The final results of the PARTNER study have been published in the journal The Lancet and confirm that an undetectable viral load on HIV treatment renders an individual sexually non-infectious.

Difficulties connecting with physicians mean not all people at risk of acquiring HIV have access to PrEP. Putting nurses on the front lines could change that.

Updated guidelines on the treatment and management of HIV in children and adolescents reflect new data on antiretroviral drugs as well as a call for mental health screenings.

Ben Berkhout, MD, PhD, discusses his work on the development of a novel curative strategy for HIV-1 infected individuals.

Ben Berkhout, PhD, discusses if CRISPR/Cas9 will be a new antiviral strategy for the eradication of HIV.

Missing visits is a warning sign that patients may discontinue PrEP, according to a recent study that found only 38% of participants remained in treatment over 12 months.

Sexual risk behavior was significantly lower among men in community supervision programs who participated in couples-based intervention, in a recent study.

In a new trial, an experimental antibody suppressed HIV in patients on short-term pause from their daily antiretroviral therapy regimens.

A study using monkeys provides an intriguing glimpse of the possibilities of using CRISPR gene editing technology to knock out HIV reserves in humans.

Melanie Nicol, PharmD, PhD, explores how DMPA hormonal contraception affects women's HIV risk.

Jose Arribas, MD, discusses the challenges in the field of long-acting injectable therapy for the treatment, management, and even prevention of HIV.

Subcutaneous implants are 1 promising strategy to address suboptimal adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV, and a recent in silico simulation examined pharmacokinetic profiles and safety of tenofovir alafenamide implants.

Brian Woodfall, MD, discusses how long-acting injectables offer a new treatment option for patients with HIV in terms of long-term therapy.

Jason Gallagher, PharmD, FCCP, FIDP, FIDSA, BCPS, reacts to news of the London patient, the second person cured of HIV infection.

With the proper use of antiretroviral therapy and pre-exposure prophylaxis, the risk of HIV transmission has never been lower. So why do some practitioners hesitate to endorse condomless sex?

Among gay and bisexual men, receipt of PrEP at study enrollment was linked with an increased incidence of STIs, but 25% of participants accounted for 76% of all STIs.

Dolutegravir/lamivudine (Dovato) becomes the first 2-drug, fixed-dose complete treatment for treatment-naive patients with HIV.

Saye Khoo, MD, advocates for a more appropriate, stratified, risk-based approach to prescribing dolutegravir in pregnant women.

Bluma Brenner, PhD, explains the driving factors behind the push for new antiretroviral drugs for HIV treatment.

Contagion® is reflecting on the advancements in treatment and prevention that have been made in infectious diseases while identifying areas that need further improvement to reduce preventable deaths globally.

Although preventing the transmission of HIV from mother to baby is of paramount importance, we cannot overlook other health issues that may crop up later in life for children born to women with HIV.