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Toward a Definition of Long COVID

Defining symptoms will help identify participants for clinical trials to develop treatments for postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2.

People on Modern HIV Treatment Can Have a Near-Normal Life Expectancy

However, those with a very low CD4 count have a substantially shorter life expectancy, emphasizing the need for prompt treatment.

What’s Needed to Fix a Vital Drug Discount Program

We can only achieve changes that work in the interest of the safety net if the diverse 340B community works together.
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My Coming Out Story

The story of fighting HIV is that of bravery and courage in the face of great adversity.

This Panel Will Decide Whose Medicine to Make Affordable. Its Choice Will Be Tricky.

Do they tackle drugs with extremely high costs taken by a handful of patients, or drugs with merely very high costs taken by a larger group?

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Remote Work: An Underestimated Benefit for Family Caregivers

Employers understand the need to take time off to care for a baby, but there’s less understanding about time to care for anyone else.

The Debt Ceiling Deal Takes a Bite Out of Health Programs. It Could Have Been Much Worse.

The compromise bill leaves Medicare and Medicaid funding untouched and includes no new work requirements for Medicaid.

In Their Own Words: An Early Epidemic History [VIDEO]

A conversation about the earliest days of the AIDS epidemic and the creation of the Denver Principles.

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HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day 2023

About 300,000 people with HIV are long-term survivors, meaning they acquired HIV before 1996, when effective treatment was introduced.

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The US Must Heed the Lessons of PEPFAR

IAS is concerned that proposed reforms to PEPFAR come at the expense of its greatest strength.

AI May Be on Its Way to Your Doctor’s Office, But It’s Not Ready to See Patients

The technology also tends to “hallucinate” — that is, make up information that sounds convincing.

Does Cannabis Protect or Harm the Brains of People With HIV?

An $11.6 million grant will help researchers map the effects of cannabis—marijuana and related products—on the brains of people with HIV.

As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage

Most people who have lost coverage were dropped because of technicalities, not because they no longer meet Medicaid income limits.
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