Smoking appears to contribute most to the burden of non-AIDS-defining cancers diagnosed in people living with HIV in the US, out of all the potential modifiable risk factors – including hepatitis B or C, low CD4 cell count, an AIDS diagnosis or having an unsuppressed viral load – according to a study reported last week [...]
(Bloomberg) -- A quarter of plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act effectively discriminated against AIDS patients in 2014 by requiring high out-of-pocket payments for all HIV drugs in a key class, Harvard University researchers found. Continue reading the main story
SASI has just released a new report analyzing CDC data in MSAs, HIV/AIDS in Metropolitan Statistical Areas – 9 Southern States. Highlights (or lowlights) from the report include the following: Fifteen of the 20 MSAs … with the highest HIV diagnosis rates were located in a 9 state region of the South (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, [...]
