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Syringe services programs seek to halt the spread of HIV among injection drug users.

Syringe services programs (SSPs) aim to reduce the spread of HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID), as use of shared needles puts them at high risk of contracting or transmitting the infection.

An antiretroviral vaginal ring is being investigated to quell the spread of HIV.

The state’s health department recommends that patients be screened for HIV, and hepatitis B and C viruses.

HIV infection continues to rise in across European countries.

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Lack of adherence to HIV medications can create resistance since the virus mutates quickly.

Pennsylvania health department recommends that patients be screened for HIV, and hepatitis B and C viruses.

Integrase inhibitors can reduce the HIV viral load to decrease transmission of the disease.

Integrase inhibitors reduce HIV viral load in the blood and semen.

Approximately 1.2 million individuals live with HIV/AIDS in the United States. This population is at an increased risk of opportunistic infections (OIs), an area where pharmacists have significant potential to make meaningful interventions.

Global HIV incidence rates drop in some African countries.

Prior research suggested that T cells become pathogenic when they encounter specific dendritic cells in the lymph nodes.

Clinicians are able to prescribe ART more liberally for HIV because of its improved adverse event profile and wider array of available drugs.

The recommended time to begin antiretroviral therapy has changed since it first arrived in the mid 90s for HIV.

Study cautions against unintended consequences of “shock and kill” treatment for HIV.

The recommended time to begin antiretroviral therapy (called the ART-start threshold) has changed since ART first arrived in the mid 90s. Now, clinicians are able to prescribe ART more liberally because of its improved adverse event profile and wider array of available drugs.

Peer referrals for testing can locate people with undiagnosed HIV better than health care providers.

Portal hypertension creates problems in patients coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virus.

Patients who have both HIV and hepatitis C, and also have portal hypertension, are a very special concern.

Patients who have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are at elevated risk for HCV.

Cigarettes can be a bigger contributor to death in HIV patients than the virus itself.

Advances in the support of patients with HIV include remarkable new pharmaceutical therapies, collaborative care, outstanding patient support, and medication management.

Experimental HIV vaccine could provide long-term protection in areas with high infection rates.

Researchers seek to determine the best antiretroviral treatment regimen for HIV.

Finding the right combinations for antiretroviral therapy for HIV remains a challenge for researchers.

Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.

Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.

New testing procedure can quickly evaluate HIV levels in the blood.