Three Signs Your HIV/AIDS Organization Has a Racism Problem
Tokenism, a form of racism, is pervasive in the U.S. -- particularly within HIV organizations whose mission is to serve people of color.
This Week in HIV Research: Every Prescription Can Use a Good Steward
Sept. 19, 2019: HIV antiretroviral stewardship plans in hospitals can save money -- and lives; demographic correlates of PrEP interruption; HIV and atrial fibrillation risk; cytopenias common, despite viral suppression.
Transgender People of Color Often Face Choice Between Racist and Transphobic Health Care Providers
"Providers need to not make assumptions about what black and brown and, more generally, trans patients of color need," one study co-author said.
Controversy Erupts Around Study on Contraception and HIV Risk
The ECHO trial faces backlash and criticism.
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Creating Social Spaces for Black Gay and Bisexual Men Increased HIV Care-Seeking Behavior, Self-Acceptance
My Brother's Keeper's "Connect With Us" intervention in Jackson, Mississippi, shows that community self-empowerment improves intention to engage in health care and use safe sex practices.
This Week in HIV Research: New Keys to the Care Continuum
Sept. 12, 2019: Better virologic outcomes at coordinated walk-in facilities offering incentives; same-day PrEP initiation at STD clinics; U=U and "low drug regimens"; adherence trends among perinatally infected adolescents.
Strong Peer Networks in Prison Boost Overall Health, Study Finds
But other research links prisons themselves to mental health challenges and infectious disease outbreaks.
This Week in HIV Research: My Achy-Breaky Heart
Sep. 5, 2019: An extra decade of "heart age"; stop grouping trans women with MSM; women often have anal cancer precursor lesions; hep C treatment success doesn't equal more risk behavior.
This Week in HIV Research: What's in a Blip?
Aug. 29, 2019: Viral load blips, low-level viremia, and eventual virologic failure; pinpointing non-adherence as a cause of HIV treatment failure; HIV care costs vary widely throughout U.S.; Kaposi sarcoma incidence in the modern HIV treatment era.
'No Single Gay Gene': Major Study Unpacks the Complex Genetic Underpinnings of Same-Sex Behavior
"Genetics is less than half the story for sexual behavior, but it's still a contributing factor."
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