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The HIV Workforce Is in Trouble. Here Are Three Solutions to Address the Shortage of Providers.
If everyone living with HIV gets into care, do we have enough providers to support them? HIV doctors are proposing policy changes to address the workforce shortage.
The State of Cure Research for HIV and Hepatitis B: Similarities and Differences
Steven Deeks, M.D., talks about the medical community's hopes, inspirations, and unanswered questions regarding research for an HIV cure.
Experts Flummoxed By Conflicting New Data on STIs, HIV, and Long-Term Contraception in Sub-Saharan Africa
ECHO trial results and follow-up studies find unexpectedly low rates of some STIs among users of certain long-term hormonal contraceptives. They also find high HIV rates (unrelated to the contraceptives) that suggest considerable value for PrEP integration.
IAS 2019: What to Expect in HIV Science
Six thousand HIV researchers and experts are expected to make their way to Mexico City for the 10th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science, which will feature more than 1,000 abstracts highlighting the latest findings in HIV treatment, prevention, and public health policy.
CDC Explains and Defends Molecular Surveillance System
A leading researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention addressed community concerns that surveillance data will be used to put people in prison under HIV criminalization laws.
Going to USCA Was My Form of Self-Care
"More than a conference, it is a family reunion and place to network and learn, but most importantly uplift each other," Maria Mejia writes.
Injection Drug Use Among People Living With HIV: A Missed Opportunity to Save Lives
Panelists at CROI 2018 painted a bleak picture of the scale of the country's addiction crisis, noting that the never-before-seen dynamics of the current drug epidemic require creative approaches to HIV treatment and prevention among people who inject...
New Study Shows Women's HIV Risk Triples During Pregnancy, Quadruples Postpartum
Study highlights the need for PrEP and other HIV prevention strategies for pregnant women and new mothers in high-prevalence settings.
More Women Must Be Included in Academia and in Clinical Trials, Panelists Demand
Presentations on women in research at this year's Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections highlighted the lack of inclusion, offered ideas on how to remedy the situation, and showed how one woman moved from advocate to researcher.
What Do Transgender Women Want? Lessons Learned by Listening
Though deeply impacted by the virus, HIV may not be the first concern for transgender women.