Jared Kaltwasser

Patients with this severe condition seem to experience significant differences in quality of life despite having similar visual fields

Women with multiple sclerosis who breastfed exclusively for at least 2 months had a 40% lower rate of relapse compared with women who did not breastfeed.

The research centers on CD8+ T cells, which can recognize and attack the influenza virus.

Study findings also suggest a path forward to create even more effective flu vaccines.

Writing in The Journal of Infectious Disease, they noted that pregnant women tend to be treated as high-priority patients when it comes to influenza prevention and treatment, but they said there is relatively little evidence clarifying exactly how outcomes differ for pregnant women versus nonpregnant women.

The flu vaccine prevented 7.1 million illnesses, according to the analysis, along with 109,000 hospitalizations, and 8000 deaths, during the 2017-2018 influenza season.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who receive a flu vaccine are significantly less likely to be hospitalized with influenza.

HIV-positive patients with hepatocellular carcinoma had an adjusted 24% increased hazard of death compared to their HIV-negative peers.

Individuals who perceive themselves to be at a high risk of HIV are more likely to accept pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) than their peers.

People who inject drugs may not accurately self-report HIV and antiretroviral drug status when entering an HIV prevention study.

Community-acquired pneumonia is a major cause of mortality and morbidity among patients with HIV.

Researches seeking to eliminate HIV are close enough to see the finish line, but with no idea how far away they are from a cure.

Foreign-born black women aren’t benefiting from HIV prevention programs at the same rates as other women.

AMD will affect more than 200 million people globally by 2020 and has become the leading cause of blindness in developed countries.

Study highlights the importance of testing and early intervention in young patients with hepatitis C virus.

Emerging platforms make it feasible for hepatitis C testing to be conducted in settings that within or outside of health care facilities, such as prisons.

Zimura (avacincaptad pegol) was generally well tolerated when given to patients in combination with ranibizumab (Lucentis), but Ophthotech Corp announced it will focus efforts on other clinical programs.

Bodily fluids may serve as vectors for transmission for transmitting hepatitis C virus RNA in patients with a high viral load.

High-dose intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide deemed a safe and low-cost alternative to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agents for diabetic macular edema.

HIV is not associated with preterm delivery, though antiretroviral therapy is, but hepatitis C may be a potential risk factor.

Interferon lambda 4 represents a vulnerability that benefits hepatitis C virus to the detriment of humans.

An association between hepatitis C virus infection and incident diabetes found among patients who underwent kidney transplantation.

A combination of next generation broadly neutralizing antibodies might be able to achieve long-term viral suppression of HIV without the need for a daily antiretroviral pill, according to recently published research.

Broadly neutralizing antibodies have one key advantage over antiretroviral therapy: they have a longer half-life and thus don’t require the daily, lifelong dosing regimen currently required of ART users.

Study investigates whether direct-acting antiviral drugs for hepatitis C virus increase the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma.

A new review of clinical trial data show the combination therapy elbasvir/grazoprevir (EBR/GR) has high rates of efficacy for patients with genotypes 1a, 1b, and 4 chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection.

A pair of new studies is shedding light on a rare, but scientifically important, group of people with HIV who are able to maintain viral control even after stopping antiretroviral therapy.

Study shows that it’s cost-effective to use the livers of HCV-positive patients even with the cost of direct-acting antiviral drugs to cure the virus.

Researchers at the University of Virginia developed an app called PositiveLinks to test out whether interactive smartphone functions and reminders could have a real-world impact on the health of HIV-positive patients.

In the health care world, data security has long been a top-of-mind issue.