Managing People Newly Diagnosed With HIV

Questions still remain as to when FDA will approve, and how it will be implemented.

A new JAIDS study shows linking to care quickly after diagnosis matters. But there’s more to it.

We walk you through the most recent updates to official guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the treatment and care of people living with HIV.

Reducing the time between contracting HIV and being diagnosed and starting treatment is key to ending the epidemic, this study finds.

The question of whether INSTIs cause weight gain continues to be debated. This story draws together some research on which drugs are associated with weight gain or other metabolic changes.

Oct. 10, 2019: Long-term viral suppression = zero genital tract shedding among women; HIV treatment initiation and sexual risk among MSM; PrEP interest vs. uptake among trans women of color; polypharmacy among people living with HIV.

"We're very much putting the patient in the driver's seat," said Heather Alt, deputy director of nursing with Whitman-Walker. "If folks didn't feel ready, we would not push them to start."

What medical providers should know about the mental health of their patients.

Authors of a literature review note the high prevalence of liver disease among people with HIV and recommend a step-by-step approach to management.

May 16, 2019: The dwindling value of baseline genotype testing; severe insomnia and cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular risk stratified by sex among people over 50; the persistence of racial disparities among women diagnosed with HIV.