The AJMC® HIV compendium is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights for the condition, including disparities in care, prevention of infection among at-risk groups, and the importance of viral suppression.
May 9th 2024
A high burden of HIV could indicate other underlying factors, such as limited access to health care resources and a risk of major depressive disorder.
Timely ART Initiation Varies Among Persons Who Have HIV, Study Finds
March 18th 2021Despite HHS’ recommendation that everyone with HIV start antiretroviral therapy (ART) soon after their diagnosis, uptick disparities remain and are especially apparent among persons with drug abuse or dependence.
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CDC Provides First Guidance on Safe Activities for Fully Vaccinated Individuals
March 8th 2021In a briefing, the White House COVID-19 Team discussed the first guidance from the CDC on activities that individuals fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can safely resume, and Anthony S. Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, gave an update on antiretroviral drug development.
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HIV Care Continuum Strained Under COVID-19 Pandemic
February 27th 2021The substitution of telemedicine for many in-person HIV services during the COVID-19 pandemic has produced mixed results, with persons living with HIV increasingly lost to follow-up despite favorable views of this method of care delivery.
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Study Investigates Types of Support Among Gay Men Living With, Without HIV
February 23rd 2021Georgetown investigators attempted to answer how type of supportive relationship may affect outcomes among gay men living with and without HIV, comparing results seen with primary and secondary relationships and having no support.
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HIV Self-testing Skyrockets Among Transgender Individuals in New Study
February 17th 2021Compared with being offered standard testing services, offers of initial and repeat self-testing led to a 3.5-fold greater uptake of testing for HIV among transgender individuals in a new study out of England and Wales.
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Dr Robert Massie Discusses Why Normal Life Expectancy Is Not So Easily Defined
February 13th 2021Robert K. Massie Jr, PhD, MA, of the Society for Progress, was born with severe factor VIII hemophilia in August 1956. He contracted HIV in 1978 and later hepatitis C, both from contaminated blood products.
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Recognize Dermatologists for Their Role in HIV, AIDS Fight, Review Says
February 10th 2021This year marks the 40th anniversary of the initial appearance in the United States of what we now know to be HIV and AIDS, first manifesting as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and Kaposi’s sarcoma among gay men and intravenous drug users.
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Dr Milena Murray: Maintaining HIV Viral Load Suppression Can Save Health Care Dollars
December 31st 2020Several economic benefits stem from engaging in care soon after HIV transmission and maintaining viral load suppression, noted Milena Murray, PharmD, MSc, BCIDP, AAHIVP, associate professor, Midwestern University College of Pharmacy.
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Dr Robert Massie: World-Class Research Is Transforming Our Understanding of HIV Suppression
December 24th 2020Researchers are studying the blood of Robert K. Massie, Jr, PhD, MA, Society for Progress, who was born with severe factor VIII hemophilia and contracted HIV and hepatitis C from contaminated blood products. He did not require antiretrovirals until undergoing a liver transplant a decade ago.
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Top 5 Most-Read HIV Articles of 2020
December 21st 2020Four of our top 5 HIV articles for 2020 saw the HIV pandemic overlap with the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and had Anthony Fauci, MD, in common. The fifth is from this year's AIDS 2020 virtual conference, itself a product of the overlapping pandemics.
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GI Disorders Linked to Higher Costs, Hospitalizations Among Patients Living With HIV
December 10th 2020Results from a 5-year study show significantly higher rates of several gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, as well as hospital-related costs, among patients living with HIV compared with controls.
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