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• Diabetes, CVD Tied to Worse Prognosis for COVID-19 Infection Statistics to date suggest worse prognosis with COVID-19 infection among people with diabetes and CVD; experts stress careful interpretation of data, common sense measures, and optimizing glucose control.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2020
• What Could Get Your Tax Return Audited? Here's What to Watch When filling out their tax return, some docs wonder how precise they should be, what they can deduct, and what will happen if they make a mistake. Here's the information you need.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2020
• The Ethics of Managing Patient Requests for Medical Marijuana As more states legalize marijuana use for medical purposes, this may present an ethical quandary for some physicians. This article outlines an ethical framework that provides guidance.
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, February 25, 2020
• Real-world Experiences With DAAs for Chronic HCV Treatment Treatment outcomes may differ in clinical experience compared to industry-sponsored trials. This study assessed the real-world effectiveness of various DAA regimens in a large HCV cohort.
  Journal of Viral Hepatitis, February 25, 2020
• Timely HIV Testing and Mortality Among HIV-Exposed Infants What strategies may help improve the timeliness of HIV testing among exposed infants?
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, February 25, 2020
• China HIV Patients Risk Running Out of AIDS Drugs in Days -UNAIDS HIV patients in China risk running out of life-saving AIDS drugs because quarantines and lockdowns aimed at containing the coronavirus disease outbreak mean they cannot replenish vital medicine stocks, United Nations AIDS agency said on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, February 19, 2020
• Russian Blogger's HIV Documentary Reaches Millions, Draws Kremlin Praise A hard-hitting YouTube documentary about Russia's HIV epidemic by a popular blogger has attracted more than 13 million views in a week and even drawn praise from the Kremlin.
  Reuters Health Information, February 18, 2020
• Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Tied to Skin Cancer Risk Skin cancer risk may vary according to sexual orientation and gender identity, two new studies suggest.
  Reuters Health Information, February 18, 2020
• Japan Plans HIV Drug Trials to Fight Coronavirus as Diamond Princess Cases Rise Japan plans to start trials of HIV medications to treat coronavirus patients as an increase in the number of cases poses a growing threat to the economy and public health, the government's top spokesman said on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, February 18, 2020
• Performing the Initial Assessment of HIV-Positive Patients A new study examines the question of whether guidelines for the initial assessment of HIV-positive individuals are being appropriately adhered to.
  HIV Medicine, February 19, 2020
• HIV Testing Outcomes Among Blacks or African Americans This analysis found that HIV testing services supported by CDC funding are an important resource for identifying persons with new and previously diagnosed HIV infection who are not in care.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, February 19, 2020
• Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis in HBV-induced Chronic Liver Disease Using a gene sequencing approach, this study examined the gut microbiota profile of patients with hepatitis B virus-induced chronic liver disease compared with healthy controls.
  Journal of Viral Hepatitis, February 18, 2020
• Injected Heroin Use Still High in U.S., May Explain HCV Infection Rate Heroin use by injection has leveled off in recent years but had been rising steadily for more than a decade, a study finds.
  Reuters Health Information, February 12, 2020
• The Cost-Effectiveness of Localized HIV Prevention and Care A new analysis examines the cost-effectiveness of HIV treatment and prevention interventions across diverse epidemiological settings.
  AIDS, February 14, 2020
• Most Gay, Bisexual Male Adolescents Don't Get Tested for HIV Fewer than one in four adolescent men who have sex with men (AMSM) have had an HIV test, new U.S. research shows.
  Reuters Health Information, February 12, 2020
• Youth With HIV Less Likely to Achieve Viral Suppression About one in three U.S. youth diagnosed with HIV will start antiretroviral therapy (ART), while just fewer than one in eight achieve viral suppression, according to new findings.
  Reuters Health Information, February 11, 2020
• HPV Vaccine for Adults: Who Needs It? Who Doesn't?   Find out which adults should be offered the HPV vaccine and who might want to skip it.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, February 12, 2020
• The Nine-Headed Monster: Recalcitrant Warts Could checkpoint inhibitors provide a new treatment option for warts that just won't go away?
  Medscape Dermatology, February 12, 2020
• Applying Guidelines for NAFLD in HIV-Monoinfected Patients Current guidelines recommend the use of a diagnostic algorithm to screen for NAFLD. Could these guidelines also be applied to HIV-monoinfected patients?
  HIV Medicine, February 12, 2020
• 2019-nCoV Epidemiology: What Do These Numbers Really Mean?   Reports on the novel coronavirus come with a bunch of numbers, such as attack rates, fatality rates, R0. As healthcare professionals, we need to understand what these mean. Here's a brief lesson.
  Medscape, February 11, 2020