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Immediate treatment is probably especially beneficial for people with recent HIV infection

[From aidsmap, July 3, 2019] “Immediate initiation of antiretroviral treatment produced the biggest boost in CD4 cell count for people infected with HIV less than six months previously, an analysis of the START study of prompt HIV treatment has found. Writing in the July issue of AIDS, the study investigators say that the benefit of early

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High awareness but low uptake of PrEP among Black and Hispanic transgender women in US study

[From aidsmap, June 27, 2019] “There is high awareness but low uptake of HIV PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) among Black and Latina transgender women in Baltimore and Washington DC, investigators report in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. Although 87% had heard of PrEP, only 17% had taken it. However, three-quarters of HIV-negative individuals who had

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