Clinical Challenge: Vomiting and Testicle Pain
A patient with a history of HIV presents to the ED with a 3- to 4-week history of vomiting and testicle pain. Can you make the diagnosis?
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COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Changes in HIV Access to Care in San Francisco Area
The COVID-19 pandemic caused people living with HIV to report several changes to their mental health including a decrease in quality of life, increase in anxiety, decrease in feeling connected to friends, decrease in feeling connected to family, and decrease in sleep quality.
HIV PrEP Navigators Essential to Uptake in Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Study shows low uptake of PrEP among youth experiencing homelessness at risk for HIV infection during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Digital Health Interventions Increase HIV PrEP Adherence, Retention
When pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), is taken daily as prescribed, sexual transmission of HIV is reduced by approximately 99% and transmission through injection drug use is reduced by at least 74%.
Reimagining the HIV Workforce: Placing Nurses at the Forefront
Dr Vincent Guilamo-Ramos presents a 5-point strategy for reimagining the HIV workforce to reach EHE 2030 goals, with a focus on the growing at-risk Latino community.
Women Living With HIV Continue to Experience Multiple, Interdependent Sources of Stigma
The first case of AIDS was reported more than 40 years ago and since then, people living with HIV (PLWH) have faced persistent stigma that affects both patients’ lives and the continuum of HIV care.
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Decline Aided by Speed of Processing Training
As people living with HIV begin to age, their risk of developing HIV-associated cognitive decline increases. A specific training program to help patients with HIV with speed of processing (SOP) may help stall those effects.
Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinics Link High-Risk Patients to HIV PrEP Services
Intervention links at-risk patients from sexually transmitted infection screening to HIV PrEP services.
Stimulant Use Disorder Treatment Program Identifies People at Risk for HIV
Innovative program helps manage stimulant use disorder and provides PrEP services and treatment to patients at risk for and living with HIV.
HepB-CpG Vaccination Achieves Maximum Seroprotection in Patients With HIV
Researchers evaluated patients with HIV infection who received the HepB-CpG vaccine, a hepatitis B surface antigen vaccine adjuvanted with a toll-like receptor 9 agonist.
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