HIV Transmission & Prevention Perspective

• Get Comfortable With HIV PrEP in Primary Care To prevent HIV from spreading further, primary care clinicians must get comfortable with prescribing and monitoring PrEP.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, March 2018
• CROI 2018 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from CROI 2018.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, February 2018
• A Call for Early HIV Diagnosis   Increased routine and targeted HIV testing is needed to reduce diagnosis delays.
  CDC Expert Commentary, January 2018
• Co-managing HIV, Hepatitis C, and Opioid Abuse Treating or even curing these infections isn't enough. Without treatment for opioid abuse, the patient will die.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, January 2018
• Protect Patients From a Surge in STDs   The latest surveillance report reveals that sexually transmitted infections are again on the rise.
  CDC Expert Commentary, January 2018
• PrEP Safer, More Effective Than Many Physicians Realize PrEP is effective for preventing HIV transmission but underutilized, in part because of misconceptions among physicians.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, December 2017
• Why Quarantine 'Makes No Sense' in Controlling HIV   Controversy spurred by comments from Georgia state representative Dr Betty Price on HIV is addressed by Dr Paul Sax.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, October 2017
• 16th European AIDS Conference Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from EACS 2017.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, October 2017
• Making PrEP Standard of Care Against HIV in the South San Francisco and New York City have made great strides against HIV by putting money into HIV prevention pills. But what about in the South, where the epidemic is most pronounced? Atlanta found a way.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, August 2017
• HIV Rates Drop Across US, but Especially in These States New CDC data reveal that you don't have to live in a state that expanded Medicaid or provides millions of dollars to support pre-exposure prophylaxis to have an impact on new HIV cases.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, August 2017
• A Front-Line Defense Against HIV in Hispanics/Latinos   The high burden of HIV among Hispanic and Latino men can be addressed by first making testing a standard of care.
  CDC Expert Commentary, August 2017
• Updated Guideline: HIV Testing Advances in HIV diagnostic tests have resulted in an updated testing sequence that maximizes sensitivity, specificity, and turnaround time.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, January 2017
• The Top 5 Stories in HIV Medicine for 2016   Dr Sax reveals his picks for the top 5 stories in HIV medicine, including the approval of drug combinations and gains made in the search for a cure.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, January 2017
• Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) 2016 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ANAC 2016.
  Medscape Nurses, November 2016
• HIV Research for Prevention 2016 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from HIVR4P 2016.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, October 2016
• Why Moms Can and Do Donate to Human Milk Banks Mothers who donate breast milk to a human milk bank give a gift that can't be bought in any store.
  Medscape Pediatrics, August 2016
• The Conspicuous Gap Between HIV Care and HIV Public Health Unless HIV care and HIV public health groups come together, very little progress can be made to eradicate HIV further in the United States.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, June 2016
• 5 Diagnostic Errors to Avoid: The Patient With Infectious Disease At least 1 in 20 adults will experience a diagnostic error this year. You can at least avoid these five diagnostic errors in infectious diseases.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, March 2016
• Optimizing the HIV Care Environment: A Human Rights Imperative HIV expert Dr José M. Zuniga discusses the importance of taking a human rights-based approach to optimizing the HIV care continuum.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, March 2016
• Cost Keeps HCV Care Out of Reach   The high cost of HCV drugs means that a cure is still out of reach for many infected persons, with huge implications for public health.
  CDC Expert Commentary, March 2016