Julia Bonavitacola

Lynae Darbes, PhD, discusses what her research results mean when it comes to implementation of self-testing and counselling for couples vulnerable for HIV.

The combination therapy can be used as first-line treatment for unresectable or metastatic forms of the cancer.

Several court cases have been filed against the Trump administration over disruptions touching health care, including funding cuts and employee layoffs.

Coverage of our peer-reviewed research and news reporting in the health care and mainstream press.

Excessive use of digital devices and mental health issues can both contribute to the development of dry eye syndrome.

Lynae Darbes, PhD, discussed the findings of her study, which found that home-based visits helped to encourage the uptake of HIV testing.

Coverage of our peer-reviewed research and news reporting in the health care and mainstream press.

The West Health-Gallup Healthcare Indices Study indicates that approximately 29 million people are unable to afford or access quality healthcare, the highest since 2021.

Astrasentan becomes the first and only endothelin A receptor antagonist to focus on proteinuria reduction in primary immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy.

Countries located in sub-Saharan Africa would be most affected by all funding cuts to the international HIV response.

The topical ocular drug is an investigational new drug candidate that requires more well-controlled studies to establish efficacy, according to the FDA.

Both refractive and corneal astigmatism saw an increase in prevalence in children after the COVID-19 pandemic, with corneal changes potentially playing a part.

Annie Antar, MD, PhD, spoke about how long viral clearance could be an indicator of long COVID, but more research would need to be done to confirm this.

The Trump administration has expressed interest in eliminating or changing the Division of HIV Prevention in the CDC, which could introduce gaps in addressing the HIV epidemic.

While the prevention program worked as intended in White American youth, Black youth participants did not have success with the same program.

Coverage of our peer-reviewed research and news reporting in the health care and mainstream press.

The extension of the emergency declaration, originally set to expire on March 21, continues to allocate funding to addressing the opioid crisis.

The HIV prevention division could be rolled into another department of the HHS as soon as the end of the week.

Annie Antar, MD, PhD, discusses how patients with HIV can have different and longer-lasting symptoms of COVID-19.

Michelle Hessen, OD, discusses how cyclosporine ophthalmic solution 0.09% is safe to use in patients with dry eye, as well as where future research should turn.

Annie Antar, MD, PhD, discusses the association between the symptoms of long COVID and HIV status.

The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections 2025 (CROI) featured multiple sessions that focused on breaking research and treatments.

The combination of doravirine plus islatravir was noninferior to bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide and oral antiretroviral therapy in patients who switched to doravirine plus islatravir.

Cabotegravir was found to prevent HIV acquisition as a monotherapy pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and to treat HIV as a combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) in its long-acting injectable form.

Michelle Hessen, OD, spoke about the results of a new study evaluating the efficacy of cyclosporine ophthalmic solution 0.09% in patients with dry eye.

The topical treatment had no significant effect on total or central corneal fluorescence staining score.

Patients in Washington, DC, and San Francisco had minimal early uptake and adherence to doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (DoxyPEP) in studies presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections 2025.

When patients switched to either fostemsavir or the combination of dolutegravir/lamivudine (DTG/3TC), suppression was maintained in most patients.

Offering mailed self-testing for HIV encouraged patients to test themselves for HIV but requires methods of improving adherence to follow-up.