HIV Populations
IDWeek 2013: HIV+ Transwomen Not Getting the Maximum Benefits of Care
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- Category: Transgender People
- Published on Sunday, 13 October 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
More than three-quarters of HIV positive transgender women in San Franciscowere linked to care and 65% are taking antiretroviral therapy (ART), but only 44% achieve viral suppression, according to findings presented* at the recent Second IDWeek conference in San Francisco and in the American Journal of Public Health. A larger national survey, however, found that 68% of transgender people reached undetectable viral load.
Today is National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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- Category: HIV Populations
- Published on Friday, 27 September 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
September 27 is National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NGMHAAD), an annual opportunity to call attention to the disproportionate effect of the epidemic on gay and bisexual men, and to acknowledge the contributions they have made to the fight against HIV and AIDS.
ICAAC 2013: Raltegravir Appears Safe for Mothers and Babies During Pregnancy
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- Category: Pregnancy & HIV MTCT
- Published on Sunday, 22 September 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Antiretroviral regimens containing the HIV integrase inhibitor raltegravir (Isentress) were shown to be safe and effective for HIV positive pregnant women and did not cause birth defects in their infants, researchers reported at the 53rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC 2013) this month in Denver.
Do HIV+ Pregnant Women on ART Need Intravenous Zidovudine During Delivery?
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- Category: Pregnancy & HIV MTCT
- Published on Sunday, 22 September 2013 00:00
- Written by Carole Leach-Lemens
Intravenous infusion of zidovudine (AZT; Retrovir) during delivery has been a key component in efforts to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission, but it may not offer significantly additional protection for women with undetectable viral load, researchers reported in the September 15, 2013, edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
September 18 is National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
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- Category: HIV & Aging
- Published on Tuesday, 17 September 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
This Wednesday, September 18, is the 6th observance of National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAAD), an occasion to call attention to the epidemic's impact on older people, as well at the aging of people living with HIV in the U.S. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, approximately 30% of people living with HIV/AIDS are age 50 or older.
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