This Week in HIV Research: Where the Rubber Meets the Ring
Sep. 10, 2020: Concomitant use of vaginal rings with condoms; benefits of more frequent HIV screening for young MSM; Black MSM, substance use, and the PrEP continuum; HIV outcomes stratified by anti-LGTBQ policy across U.S. states.
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This Week in HIV Research: Disclosing Our Disparities
Sept. 17, 2020: HIV prevalence gaps between Latinx people and non-Latinx white people; Obamacare awareness and perceptions among HIV clinicians; the relationship between pain and HIV; cancer mortality trends among PLWH.
This Week in HIV Research: Hep C, That Other Epidemic Within an Epidemic
Sep. 3, 2020: A hepatitis C microelimination program for people living with HIV; PrEP concentrations and gender-affirming hormones; a collaborative intervention to improve opioid prescribing practices; TDF and fracture risk.
This Week in HIV Research: When Treating Trans Patients, Check Your Priors
Aug. 27, 2020: Traditional CVD risk calculation tools falter for transgender women; switching to B/F/TAF despite NRTI resistance; how tenofovir has altered the HBV landscape; syndemic effects on viral load and blood pressure.
This Week in HIV Research: What We Don’t Know Hurts Them
Aug. 20, 2020: HIV knowledge and stigma among health care workers in the southern U.S.; condomless sex vs. HIV risk among MSM; how drug class choice may affect onward transmission risk; STI screening rates among MSM on PrEP.
This Week in HIV Research: Why Aren’t We Listening to Ourselves?
Aug. 13, 2020: HCV testing rates among people newly diagnosed with HIV; HCV treatment referrals ammong coinfected people; HIV mortality rates despite free treatment access; mysterious, plummeting CD4 test results.
This Week in HIV Research: Life in the Integrase Era
Aug. 6, 2020: Recent trends in drug interaction rates; integrase inhibitors and cardiac event risk; a deep dive into HIV drug resistance in Florida; frailty symptoms and neurocognitive disorders amidst high CD4 counts.
This Week in HIV Research: Solving the Riddle of Poor PrEP Uptake
July 30, 2020: HIV prevention shortfalls among adolescents of color; PrEP use among trans people; PrEP information gaps among women of color; the case for vacation-based (a.k.a. episodic) PrEP.
This Week in HIV Research: The Mind Matters
July 23, 2020: Depression and HIV risk mitigation among MSM; a consistent HIV provider is good for CD4 and viral load; spirituality and HIV prevention; HCV treatment access and reinfection risk.
This Week in HIV Research: Links in a Chain
July 16, 2020: Starting HIV treatment during hospitalization for people who use drugs; type of substance use affects viral suppression odds; benefits of a cross-disciplinary medical support team; does STI recency dictate PrEP necessity for women?
This Week in HIV Research: Do As We Say, Not As We Do
July 9, 2020: Abysmal HIV testing rates in U.S. ambulatory care settings; STI testing frequency in PrEP users; trends in U.S. PrEP uptake; integrating opioid therapy with HCV care in people who inject drugs.