Report Questions Benefit of FDA Accelerated Approval Pathway
FRIDAY, July 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Many of the drugs in the U.S. Food and Drug...
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U.S. Medical Debt High, but Varies Geographically
FRIDAY, July 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The mean amount of medical debt is greater among...
ED HIV Screening: Targeted or Non-Targeted Approach?
Both screening strategies had similar Dx rates, but targeted screening used fewer tests Researchers found no major difference between targeted and non-targeted HIV screening for diagnosing new HIV cases in the emergency...
Conference Highlights: IAS 2021
New research was presented at IAS 2021, the virtual 11th International AIDS Society Conference on...
Medical Groups Call for Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination for Health Care Workers
MONDAY, July 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) — All health care workers should be required to be...
HIV: Dolutegravir+NRTIs Effective, Brings High Virologic Suppression
Tenofovir recommended as second-line treatment. In HIV-1-infected patients, the addition of dolutegravir—an integrase strand-transfer inhibitor—to nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) treatment is...
Guidelines Updated for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections
THURSDAY, July 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Guidelines for the treatment of people with or at...
2019 to 2020 Saw 1.5-Year Decline in U.S. Life Expectancy at Birth
WEDNESDAY, July 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) — From 2019 to 2020, there was a 1.5-year decline...
PrEP HIV Prevention Pills to Be Free for Insured Americans
WEDNESDAY, July 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Nearly all health insurers must cover the entire...
Chronic High-Risk Prescription Opioid Use in Patients With HIV
A study has found that opioid prescriptions, including receipt of prescriptions for long...
CDC Advisers to Discuss Third COVID-19 Vaccine Dose for Immunocompromised
FRIDAY, July 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Giving a third dose of COVID-19 vaccines to...
Globally, 8 Percent of Men Who Have Sex With Men Have Syphilis
FRIDAY, July 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Nearly 8 percent of men who have sex with men (MSM)...
