The AJMC® HIV compendium is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights for the condition, including disparities in care, prevention of infection among at-risk groups, and the importance of viral suppression.
April 26th 2024
Kaiser Permanente was hit by a data breach in mid-April, impacting 13.4 million health plan members; GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) sued Pfizer and BioNTech for allegedly infringing on its messenger RNA technology patents in the companies’ COVID-19 vaccines; the CDC announced the first-known HIV cases transmitted via cosmetic injections.
Auditory Differences Between Children With and Without HIV
March 27th 2023Similar to findings among young adults, children with HIV in Tanzania were found to have lower distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) and auditory brainstem responses (ABR) wave V amplitudes, compared with children without HIV.
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High Resilience Linked to High PrEP Use Among Canadian MSM
March 4th 2023The study also showed, despite an existing association between discrimination based on sexual orientation and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use, increased resilience reduced the effects of such discrimination on PrEP use.
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Biden’s State of the Union (SOTU) address emphasized drug access for those on Medicare, the Cancer Moonshot, and more; HIV diagnoses are increasing in Washington, DC, from missed wellness visits and preventive visits upended during the start of COVID-19; California online women’s pharmacy The Pill Club will pay $18.3 million in Medicaid fraud settlement with California.
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Conversations Around HIV PrEP With Adolescents Vary Between Urban, Rural Family Physicians
December 15th 2022This new study shows that family medicine physicians in rural areas tend to be less comfortable in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)-related clinical activities and conversations with adolescents than those in urban areas.
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Contributor: On World AIDS Day—Lessons Drawn From HIV, Monkeypox, and COVID-19
December 1st 2022Dr Halkitis is currently working on his new book "People, Politics, & Public Health: How the American People Created the HIV, COVID-19, and Other Modern-Day Pandemics," to be published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Dr Kevin Astle: Long-Acting Injectables Are a Game Changer for Adherence
November 26th 2022Now that long-acting injectables are approved, the next big concern is patient access, said Kevin N. Astle, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, AAHIVP, CDES, assistant professor at the University of South Florida Taneja College of Pharmacy.
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