Latest - HIV/AIDS

• Fewer but More Often Severe COVID Cases in People Living With HIV, Study Suggests People living with HIV do not appear to be at higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, but they may have more severe disease than people without HIV, researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, May 12, 2021
• Pneumococcal Vaccines Safe for Pregnant Women With HIV Pneumococcal vaccines PCV-10 and PPV-23 are equally safe and immunogenic in pregnant women with HIV, although PPV-23 administration might be more beneficial because it includes a wider range of serotypes, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, May 07, 2021
• Absolute Monocyte Counts to Predict CV Events in HIV Is the absolute monocyte count a reliable indicator of future cardiovascular events in people living with HIV?
  HIV Medicine, May 12, 2021
• New Clues Show How the Immune System Fights COVID-19 Scientists have focused on antibodies the immune system makes to protect people from one part of the coronavirus spike, but now they report that antibodies can shield in other areas too.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2021
• AIDS Virus Used in Gene Therapy to Fix 'Bubble Baby' Disease Results show that all but two of the 50 children who were given the experimental therapy in a study now have healthy germ-fighting abilities.
  Associated Press, May 11, 2021
• Novavax Vaccine Shows 51% Efficacy Against South African Variant, Study Finds Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine had efficacy of 51% against infections caused by the South African variant among people who were HIV negative, according to a new analysis published on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, May 06, 2021
• Topol Talks: COVID-19 Variants Are Innocent Until Proven Guilty Medscape Medical News Editor-in-Chief Eric Topol, MD, addresses the ability of current and future COVID-19 vaccines to combat SARS-CoV-2 variants and other obstacles to pandemic "containment."
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• Stakeholders Blast Medicare Reporting Changes New rules of the Medicare Shared Savings Program include new reporting methods, broadening of patient sample to all payers; coalition says changes are unfair and counterproductive
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2021
• After Hundreds of Interviews, Here's John Whyte's View of COVID   Our problem with vaccines is that we talk about people instead of talking with people and listening to their perspectives.
  Medscape, May 05, 2021
• Caspofungin With TMP/SMZ for Moderate-to-Severe PCP in HIV Is this combination treatment regimen an effective therapeutic option for pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV patients?
  HIV Medicine, May 05, 2021
• ACP 2021 Success in LGBTQ+ Medicine Requires Awareness of Risk Cross-sex hormone therapy is not without risks, said Dr Megan McNamara, including 'very high' risks of erythrocytosis among transgender men and venous thromboembolic disease among transgender women.
  Medscape Medical News, May 03, 2021
• Life Expectancy With HIV Increasing in Latin America, Caribbean Growing availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has led to a rise in life expectancy among people living with HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, April 29, 2021
• Ravidasvir-Sofosbuvir Combo Promising in Hep C Infection A combination of ravidasvir and sofosbuvir appears to be an effective treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus infection across a diverse pool of patients who took part in a trial underway in Malaysia and Thailand.
  Reuters Health Information, April 28, 2021
• Vadadustat for Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease: Questions Remain The HIF prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor shows efficacy in the treatment of anemia with chronic kidney disease, but in non-dialysis patients increased cardiovascular risks are observed.
  Medscape Medical News, April 28, 2021
• The Effect of PI-Based Dual Regimens on CD4/CD8 Ratio In what ways might protease inhibitor-based dual therapies impact CD4/CD8 ratio during the first year of treatment?
  HIV Medicine, April 28, 2021
• Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HIV Services Among MSM In what ways has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the behaviors of PrEP-using MSM and their utilization of HIV services?
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, April 27, 2021
• Dyslipidemia in HIV Treated With Integrase Inhibitors How common is dyslipidemia among people with HIV receiving integrase inhibitors compared with those receiving other ART regimens?
  AIDS, April 27, 2021
• Feds Investigating Telehealth Charges in Upsurge With telehealth restrictions eased during the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual care has become more common, but it can also be misused, and one pattern is already under investigation.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2021
• How HIPAA Can Harm Patients As Dr Andrew Wilner has experienced first-hand, HIPAA may not always be in the patient's best interest.
  Medscape Neurology, April 23, 2021
• Strides Against HIV/AIDS Falter, as Nation Battles COVID Public health resources have shifted from one pandemic to the other, and experts fear steep declines in testing and diagnoses mean more people will contract HIV and die of AIDS.
  Kaiser Health News, April 21, 2021