[From The Body Pro, April 13, 2018] After years of programs focusing on prevention for positives, we’ve learned that treatment is in fact the best prevention option for people who are HIV positive. In fact, treatment works so well that people who successfully achieve viral suppression are not at risk of passing the virus on […]
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[From EurekAlert!, April 5, 2018] A new study has identified factors that lead to increased HIV testing among young adults, specifically how a person’s race, sex/gender, and sexual orientation is connected to their likelihood of getting tested for HIV. For more, click here.
[From Boston Globe, April 5, 2018] The US government will dispatch disease trackers to Massachusetts to investigate a puzzling cluster of new HIV infections in Lawrence and Lowell among people who inject drugs, a spike that could portend a resurgence of the deadly virus. For more, click here.
HIV is surging in Lawrence and Lowell. The CDC wants to know why Read More »
[From TIME, March 8, 2018] Scientists now understand how HIV burrows itself inside cells and remains cloaked from the immune system’s watchful gaze–and they have some ideas about how to expose and annihilate it. For more, click here.
There Is No Cure for HIV – But Scientists May Be Getting Closer Read More »
[From The Body Pro, Mar 8, 2018] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data on March 6 at the 2018 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston estimating that only a small percentage of people most at risk for HIV infection have actually been prescribed PrEP. For more, click here.
CDC: Few People Who Could Benefit From PrEP Are Using It Read More »
