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NewsClimate change linked with worse HIV prevention and care
Researchers find that climate change and extreme weather events impact HIV prevention and care through numerous pathways, including increased HIV exposure, reduced testing, and worse health outcomes for people living with HIV.
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NewsIsolated viral load test may generate false positive results for people using long-acting PrEP
A single laboratory-based HIV viral load test used by U.S. clinicians who provide people with long-acting, injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) did not reliably detect HIV in a multi-country study.
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NewsSurvey finds many have misconceptions about sexually transmitted infection risk
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are on the rise in the U.S., including an 80% increase in syphilis over a five-year period, but a new survey finds many Americans have misconceptions on how STIs are spread and who should be treated.
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NewsUptake of HIV prevention medication doubles with mix of digital health interventions
A combination of interventions of one-on-one telehealth coaching, peer support forums, and automated text messages more than doubled the use of the HIV prevention strategy, called PrEP, among younger, at-risk Americans.
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NewsU/EEA: HIV diagnoses rise for the first time in a decade
The increase in 2022 can be attributed to several factors including restoring surveillance activities, scale-up and introduction of novel testing strategies in many countries, migration patterns, lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and arrival of refugees.
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NewsVaginal film that dissolves in 30 days may offer HIV prevention method for women
A vaginal film designed to slowly dissolve over the course of 30 days is being put to the test for the first time in a study that aims to determine its feasibility and acceptability as a potential HIV prevention method for women.
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NewsEngland on track to end new HIV transmissions by 2030
New HIV transmissions in England have fallen by almost a third since 2019, according to an update on the HIV Action Plan for England.