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Heather Boerner

Heather Boerner is an award-winning journalist who specializes in storytelling on healthcare issues. She's most interested in how people choose between equally important needs.

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Modern HIV Treatment Is Not Associated with Wasting

Data from 42,000 people with HIV suggest that income and Medicaid coverage play a role in unintentional weight loss.

Who Has the Highest Lifetime HIV Risk?

“To end the HIV epidemic, we need to provide equitable access to people who could most benefit.”

Are Home Tests the Wave of the Future?

In the midst of the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tried a similar approach for HIV testing.

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ADAP Not Keeping Pace With A Changing HIV Epidemic

AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) use appears to be growing consistently among men and women and among young people.

HIV Care in Jails Doesn’t Measure Up

When the researchers asked folks about their experience of care while in jail, only 30% said it was satisfactory.

People With Lifelong HIV Are More Likely to Have Metabolic Problems

Older HIV drugs are in part to blame for the rising rate, but newer medications, like integrase inhibitors, are not.

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High Drug Copays Leave PrEP Prescriptions Unclaimed

PrEP prescriptions are supposed to be free to users now, which could go a long way toward leveling the HIV-prevention playing field.

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Leaked SCOTUS Ruling: “We’re Down but by No Means Out of This Fight”

People with HIV, medical societies and women’s health organizations sound off on the SCOTUS draft that proposes to overrule Roe v. Wade.

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Some Telehealth Programs Still Charge for HIV Prevention Pills

Telemedicine is an increasingly used to provide convenient PrEP services. But are these programs following U.S. guidelines?

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Clinicians Aren’t Talking to Women With HIV About Menopause

Just 1 in 10 eligible menopausal women have used hormone therapy to treat hot flashes and other symptoms.

More Cardiac Abnormalities Seen in People Living With HIV

Baseline readings in the REPRIEVE study show sex and race differences in electrocardiograph outcomes.

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Nation’s First Drug Control Strategy Calls for Expanded Harm Reduction

The White House strategy embraces syringe services, access to housing and naloxone as three science-based approaches.

Black Women Prefer HIV Prevention Shots, but Cost Is a Factor

Currently, fewer than 1 in 10 women eligible for HIV prevention medications are taking them.

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Should People With HIV Be Prioritized for Lung Cancer Screening?

A small Spanish study suggests that screening people living with HIV for lung cancer results in a high rate of diagnosis.

Triumeq Now Available for Small Children

The approval makes this the first single-pill regimen containing dolutegravir available in a water-dispersible formulation.

Low Testosterone at Middle Age May Persist Despite HIV Treatment

Aging, weight gain and efavirenz use were all associated with lower free testosterone levels in men living with HIV.