
HIV used to be a death sentence, but highly active antriretroviral therapy means infected individuals are living long enough to die from other diseases.
Laurie Saloman is a seasoned medical journalist who has written extensively about HIV, influenza, Zika, Covid-19, cancer, endocrine disorders, mental illness, and other infectious and non-infectious diseases. Her work has appeared in Contagion, The American Journal of Managed Care, Pfizer’s Breakthroughs.com, Health After 50, and the journal of the Emergency Nurses Association, among others. A member of the Association of Health Care Journalists and the American Society of Journalists and Authors, Laurie lives in New Jersey with her family. You can reach her on Twitter: @LaurieSaloman
HIV used to be a death sentence, but highly active antriretroviral therapy means infected individuals are living long enough to die from other diseases.
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