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A rundown of POZ’s reporting on the 2020 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections

I contracted HIV in the 80s via tainted blood. I don’t blame gay men. I don’t blame homeless people or prisoners who donated blood, either.

A recent Japanese study found that this risk reduction was greater than that associated with the hep B vaccine.

Attendees will hear news about the second probable HIV cure, long-acting injectable meds and COVID-19.

A recent study found one in five people with HIV should be assessed for fatty liver, and 1 in 10 should be referred to a liver specialist.

This finding may reflect higher rates of sexually transmitted infections such as HPV and hep B as well as lifestyle factors.

Researchers analyzed more than 350 studies to estimate the prevalence of hepatitis B among people with HIV around the world.

Researchers have called for revised treatment guidelines to address the higher risk of fracture in the HIV population.

The 2019 Liver Meeting in Boston provided an array of important findings about the treatment and prevention of chronic liver diseases.

The latest revision recognizes the importance of treatment as prevention.

Experts are not certain what this latest trend signifies for the trajectory of the opioid use disorder epidemic, however.

Health officials with Goshen Hospital in Indiana called the risk of infection “extremely low.”