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“My story is important only because it proves that HIV can be cured. And if something has happened, once in medical science, it can happen again,” Brown told Contagion®.

Neither infectious disease specialists nor primary care providers appear to consider PrEP care to fall within their practice, and similar debates have taken place between nurses and physicians.

A new protocol for nurse care management called NCM4HIV is designed to meet the needs of youth experiencing homelessness.

Shannon Weber, MSW, delivered the opening keynote at ANAC 2019 on the importance of empathy when working with people living with HIV.

People living with HIV are twice as likely as those who do not have HIV to develop cardiovascular disease, yet recent data suggest this population does not meet recommended levels of physical activity.

There is a vast unmet need for non-pharmacological treatment strategies to protect and improve cognitive function in the approximately 50% of adults living with HIV who experience HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder.

A recent study suggests that smokers living with HIV were willing to transition to electronic cigarettes and had lower carbon monoxide levels after doing so.

San Francisco has seen HIV prevention and control success, however how people experiencing homelessness present unmet needs which require transforming traditional models of care.

The number of STI screenings increased exponentially from 369 rectal and pharyngeal swabs performed in 2015 prior to policy implementation to 865 swabs in 2016, 1474 swabs in 2017, and 1889 swabs in 2018.

Sexually-transmitted Campylobacter clusters were genetically similar in the Seattle and Montreal regions. Campylobacter can be associated with “a bad week or 2” and even Guillain-Barre syndrome.

The Cooper Early Intervention Program Expanded Care Clinic observed that the gap in retention in care among patients with HIV was reduced from 15% to 10% over a span of 3 months.

A team of investigators from Indiana University set out to examine levels of PrEP awareness among black men in a rural midwestern city to identify barriers and facilitators to PrEP uptake and access.

Among participants in the study arm, the app resulted in significant changes, particularly in fatigue intensity and overall fatigue-related functioning

Investigators at Northeastern conducted a trial that evaluated if a video series designed for the viewer to identify with characters and “transport” themselves into the storyline lead to an increase in HIV testing.

Nurses and other providers should incorporate safety planning into PrEP care for women experiencing intimate partner violence.

An online survey found that people living with HIV who had lower incomes are at a higher risk for household material hardships and poorer health outcomes.

Nurses stationed in public sexual health services and specialist HIV general physician practice study sites were integral in facilitating rapid PrEP uptake.

A new review in The Lancet HIV discusses the next generation of HIV prevention, called PrEP 2.0.

The FDA has authorized marketing of the Sentosa SQ HIV Genotyping Assay, which detects HIV-1 mutations in patients undergoing or about to initiate antiviral treatment.

The Contagion® editorial staff will be providing exclusive written and video coverage from ANAC 2019.

By repurposing the HIV treatment rilpivirine, investigators have opened up possibilities for treating Zika virus and other flavivirus infections which overlap with HIV.

Blood sample testing in African countries using rapid tests is a mixed message. Accuracy in HIV improved, but accuracy in hepatitis B and C testing did not.

A new commentary from NIAID experts suggests that we already possess many of the tools necessary to end the HIV epidemic, but that improving implementation is essential.

When a recent study unexpectedly found that pregnant women taking the isoniazid had a higher rate of poor pregnancy outcomes, a team from Johns Hopkins University set out to clarify the findings.

Study authors examined which countries offer PrEP reimbursement, what barriers exist to implementation, and calculated the overall “PrEP gap” for the EU.




























































































































































