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The Pharmacy Times® human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) resource center provides clinical news and articles, coverage from conferences and meetings, links to condition-specific resources, and videos and other content.
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Pharmacists can motivate patients to stick to their drug regimens to decrease viral load and prevent further transmission.
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Understanding adherence patterns is the first step to combat the HIV epidemic in this population.
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The trial identified HIV-1 virus characteristics to predict treatment efficacy with a specific antibody treatment using sequence-based methods.
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Study: Distribution of HIV Self-Tests Is Worthwhile Tool to Prevent Transmission and Raise Awareness
A randomized clinical trial published by JAMA Internal Medicine found that the distribution of HIV self-tests is a useful source for increasing awareness of HIV infection, and for preventing future transmission, specifically among men having sex with men.
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The injectable hormone tesamorelin was found to reduce liver fat and prevent liver fibrosis or scarring in people living with HIV, according to researchers and the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAD).
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A recent study published in CANCER indicates that for patients with both HIV and cancer, implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) improved insurance coverage, both in states that expanded Medicaid coverage and in states that did not.1
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The discovery is the first time a new subtype of HIV-1 has been identified since 2000.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized marketing of the Sentosa SQ HIV Genotyping Assay, a test that detects HIV-1 drug resistance mutations using next-generation sequencing technology.
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In the studies of Biktarvy from Gilead Sciences, the treatment demonstrated high rates of virologic suppression through week 144 and was found to be well-tolerated.