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This Week in HIV Research: We Need to Better Serve Our Teens
April 8, 2021: PrEP “contemplation” and uptake among adolescents; adolescent perception of HIV risk; HIV diagnosis rates among transgender people; PrEP and HIV incidence in Scotland.
This Week in HIV Research: U=U and the Hippocratic Oath
April 1, 2021: The ethics of teaching U=U; the role of primary care in HIV service acceptance; STI testing rates in transgender women; the potential in anal self-sampling.
How Can Clinics Become Safer Places for Transgender Women to Access PrEP?
Researchers recommend PrEP programs be linked to a gender-affirming care clinic, to build trust and retain patients in care.
Anal Cancer Screening Must Include Women Living With HIV, Researchers Say
The incidence of anal cancer is rapidly growing in the United States, and may overtake cervical cancer within the next 10 years.
Among Women in the U.S., Race and Place Play an Outsized Role in New HIV Infections
Beyond the big-picture improvements, a closer look at the data reveals stark racial and geographic disparities in HIV incidence and prevalence.
Injectable Long-Acting PrEP Is Safe, Highly Effective in Cisgender Women
The findings add to evidence that injectable PrEP could ultimately have greater real-world efficacy than daily oral PrEP in many populations, thanks to better adherence.
This Week in HIV Research: The Bridges We Strive to Make
Jan. 28, 2021: COVID-19 information mistrust among Black PLWH; opportunities to intervene prior to deadly drug overdoses; we're unprepared for end-of-life needs for aging PLWH; hospitalization disparities despite universal health care.
Leading HIV Scientist Eulogizes a Pioneering Atlanta-Based Research Organization
“ARCA started because there was a heartbreaking need for new drugs to treat HIV,” says Melanie Thompson, M.D. “The landscape for HIV research has indeed changed, largely as a result of our successes.”
This Week in HIV Research: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
Dec. 28, 2020: The power of clinic-pharmacy collaborations; overcoming COVID-19-induced barriers to HIV care; urine testing as a PrEP adherence tool; using incarceration history in PrEP Rx assessments.
This Week in HIV Research: Are Our Priorities in the Right Place?
Dec. 10, 2020: Where the Ending the HIV Epidemic plan falls short; housing instability and HIV care incentives; financial wellbeing vs. health care access; San Diego's complex webs of HIV transmission.