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Trans Women Less Likely to Receive HIV Partner Services
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Some Gay Men With HIV Don’t Correctly Know Their Undetectable Status

In a survey of gay and bi men with HIV recruited for a medication adherence program, one fifth inaccurately thought they were undetectable.

HIV Antibody Treatment Tied to Enhanced Immune Response

Temporarily off antiretrovirals, participants received antibody injections, which boosted CD4 and CD8 cell responses to HIV.

Price of HIV Drugs Has Soared Beyond Inflation

Research has shown that higher wholesale cost of medication is associated with lower adherence.

Practicing Religion Tied to Higher Quality of Life for People With HIV

This is particularly true for those who attend religious services compared with those who do not.

Immunotherapy Shows Promise for People With Advanced Anal Cancer

Keytruda may prolong survival compared with standard therapy.

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Herpes Drives an Estimated 30% of Global HIV Infections

Infection with genital herpes can facilitate HIV acquisition through open sores and because herpes fuels the immune cells that HIV targets.

Modeling Study Predicts PrEP Scale-Up Would Drive Down Gonorrhea

The research is based on the HIV and gonorrhea epidemics in the Netherlands.
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Chemsex Is on the Rise Among Swiss Gay and Bi Men With HIV

Chemsex typically refers to sex with multiple partners involving recreational drugs including meth, GHB and MDMA.

Trial of Long-Acting Combo Treatment for HIV Launches

For the first time, researchers are assessing a pairing of a long-acting antiretroviral and a long-acting antibody.
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Cancer Drug Reverses Latency of HIV and Simian HIV

Researchers have been searching for agents that can wake HIV from its resting state in an effort to flush out the viral reservoir.

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Natural Selection Has Inched Up HIV’s Infectiousness and Virulence

This finding does not suggest that HIV treatment will be any less effective at keeping people healthy or preventing transmission.
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Men Who Turn Down PrEP Often Don’t Think They’re at Risk for HIV

Canadian researchers analyzed the reasons why people declined a nurse’s offer of PrEP.

Does a Single HPV Vaccine Dose Offer Enough Protection?

More widespread vaccination could reduce cervical, anal, oral and other cancers caused by human papillomavirus.
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Older Women With HIV Appear to Be Aging Successfully

Researchers surveyed HIV-positive women age 50 and older and compared their reports about their aging with those of HIV-negative women.
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