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HIV/AIDS
Study: Latent HIV reservoirs can grow despite effective therapy
Published June 25, 2017
Proliferation of reservoir cells poses persistent barrier to developing a cure for HIV / Hopkins Medicine
Women's health
Better health linked to decline in domestic violence
Published June 25, 2017
Researchers find reduction in domestic violence when chronically ill women receive life-saving treatment
A cluster of blue dots indicates brain cells, with a very small cluster of orange dots, with arrows pointing to them, indicating infected cells.
HIV/AIDS
Dangers of 'shock and kill'
Published June 25, 2017
HIV treatment strategy of awakening dormant virus could cause harmful brain inflammation / Hopkins Medicine
Blue Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, pill
Global health
Jhpiego expands HIV prevention strategy in Kenya
Published June 25, 2017
Jhpiego receives $22.3M for project that provides daily pill that could prevent spread of HIV among vulnerable populations
Epidemiology
Public health behind bars
Published June 25, 2017
Study finds that prisons contribute to global health epidemics such as tuberculosis, hepatitis, HIV / The Baltimore Sun
HIV prevention
Jhpiego reaches 2 million in HIV prevention effort
Published June 25, 2017
Voluntary medical male circumcisions already performed in Africa could avert more than 50,000 HIV infections
Blue Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, pill
HIV/AIDS
Study: HIV epidemic continues for men who have sex with men
Published June 25, 2017
Lack of access to preventive medicine, discriminatory laws contribute to disproportionately high HIV burden / School of Public Health
HIV/AIDS
Declines fall short of goals
Published June 25, 2017
Study: HIV infection, transmission rates have dropped since 2010 but do not meet goals / School of Public Health
An organ transplant first
Published June 25, 2017
Hopkins performs first HIV-positive to HIV-positive organ transplants in U.S. / The Baltimore Sun
HIV/AIDS
The 'Charlie Sheen Effect'
Published June 25, 2017 Video
Study author: Actor's announcement 'potentially the most significant domestic HIV prevention event ever'