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People Tend to Seek HIV Prevention and Testing Info at Week’s Outset

Individuals are more likely to seek out HIV prevention and testing information at the beginning of the week, and are more inclined to engage in risky sexual...

Individuals are more likely to seek out HIV prevention and testing information ...

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http://www.aidsmeds.com/articles/subdermal_implant_PrEP_1667_27218.shtml

HIV-positive people have a high level of interest in participating in HIV cure research, the risks notwithstanding, aidsmap reports. Researchers conducted an...

HIV-positive people have a high level of interest in participating in HIV cure r...

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PrEP-Delivering Subdermal Implant Shows Promise in Animal Study

A subdermal implant that delivers the HIV antiretroviral tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) has shown promise as an alternative to daily pre-exposure prophylaxis...

A subdermal implant that delivers the HIV antiretroviral tenofovir alafenamide (...

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Backlash to New York City’s Fear-Based HIV Prevention Campaign

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s recent fear-based HIV prevention campaign may have led to unintended consequences by stigmatizing...

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s recent fear-based HI...

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GSK Gives $40 Million to UNC Chapel Hill to Seek Cure for HIV

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has joined with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to pursue HIV cure strategies, The New York Times reports. The HIV Cure...

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has joined with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil...

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HIV-Positive Women Often Don’t Discuss Contraception With MDs

Reproductive-age women living with HIV and their physicians inconsistently and inadequately discuss contraception, Reuters Health reports. Publishing their...

Reproductive-age women living with HIV and their physicians inconsistently and ...

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PrEP Prescriptions on Dramatic Upswing in New York State

In less than a year, the number of New York State residents receiving Truvada (tenofovir/emtricitabine) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prescriptions...

In less than a year, the number of New York State residents receiving Truvada (t...

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Central Appalachian Jump in Hep C Linked to Opioid Use

An upswing in opioid dependency and in the rate of people reporting injection drug use in four central Appalachian states has occurred in tandem with a rising...

An upswing in opioid dependency and in the rate of people reporting injection dr...

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Newer Non-Nuke HIV Meds May Allow for Lower Adherence

Newer non-nucleoside transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI, or non-nuke)–based antiretroviral (ARV) regimens may keep HIV viral loads suppressed when adherence levels...

Newer non-nucleoside transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI, or non-nuke)–based antiretr...

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People With HIV Have Strong Interest in Joining Cure Research

HIV-positive people have a high level of interest in participating in HIV cure research, the risks notwithstanding, aidsmap reports. Researchers conducted an...

HIV-positive people have a high level of interest in participating in HIV cure r...

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Liver Conference Previews the Future of Hep C Treatmentby Benjamin Ryan

Highlights from the 50th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver include treatments that benefit a wider swath of the hep C...

Highlights from the 50th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Stud...

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Join us for a webinar about the #HepPRN patient registry

Hepatitis Foundation International is conducting a webinar to provide you with all the information you need to know about our new patient registry and what it...

Hepatitis Foundation International is conducting a webinar to provide you with ...

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The CDC (US Centers for Disease Control) states that of those that develop chronic #HepatitisC #HepC approximately 8-28% will develop cirrhosis over a period...

The CDC (US Centers for Disease Control) states that of those that develop chron...

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JOIN THE PATIENT ADVISORY COUNCIL

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You are invited to the 11th Liver Update 2015

Date: July 30th - August 2nd 2015 at Sunway Hotel Resort & Spa.

Date: July 30th - August 2nd 2015 at Sunway Hotel Resort & Spa.

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Patent for hepatitis C treatment would cut access for millions, groups say:

Activists charged the pharmaceutical company Gilead on Wednesday of seeking unjustified patents for a hepatitis C medication that would make the treatment...

Activists charged the pharmaceutical company Gilead on Wednesday of seeking unju...

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Sofosbuvir/Daclatasvir Combination Effective in Hepatitis C Treatment - See more at: http://www.specialtypharmacytimes.com/news/Sofosbuvir-D

he combination of sofosbuvir and daclatasvir showed promising results for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) during a recent clinical trial, which was...

he combination of sofosbuvir and daclatasvir showed promising results for the tr...

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FDA Grants Priority Review for AbbVie's Hepatitis C Treatment

AbbVie has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its New Drug Application (NDA) and granted priority review for the...

AbbVie has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accept...

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Post Liver Transplant Protein and Healing By Karen Hoyt

Karen Hoyt is a blogger who has a story about hepatitis C, cirrhosis, end-stage liver disease, liver cancer, and liver transplantation. This excerpt first...

Karen Hoyt is a blogger who has a story about hepatitis C, cirrhosis, end-stage...

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Preparing for Hepatitis C Treatment: Part 1by Alan Franciscus

This first of a two-part series, originally appeared in the HCV Advocate; it presents an overview of how to prepare for hepatitis C treatment. Alan...

This first of a two-part series, originally appeared in the HCV Advocate; it pr...

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Hepatitis C in Japanby Alan Franciscus

This article which originally appeared in the HCV Advocate, discusses hepatitis C in Japan. Alan FranciscusOf all the industrialized countries of the world,...

This article which originally appeared in the HCV Advocate, discusses hepatitis...

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Hepatitis C: Giving a Liver, Getting a Liverby Lucinda Porter

This article from the HCV Advocate discusses issues relating to liver transplantation and organ donation. Years of living with chronic hepatitis C virus...

This article from the HCV Advocate discusses issues relating to liver transpla...

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Preparing for Hepatitis C Treatment: Part 1by Alan Franciscus

This first of a two-part series, originally appeared in the HCV Advocate; it presents an overview of how to prepare for hepatitis C treatment. Alan...

This first of a two-part series, originally appeared in the HCV Advocate; it pr...

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May 2015 Is National Hepatitis Awareness Month

In observance of National Hepatitis Awareness Month, which takes place every May, the U.S. government is once again working to increase knowledge of the...

In observance of National Hepatitis Awareness Month, which takes place every Ma...

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New Hep B Partnership Between UPenn and Blumberg Institute

A new academic and research partnership between the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) and the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute will allow graduate students to...

A new academic and research partnership between the University of Pennsylvania ...

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Hepatitis C Expert: New Drugs Alone Will Not End the Epidemic

New treatments for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) may have cure rates nearing 100 percent, but one global liver disease expert believes the fight against HCV is...

New treatments for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) may have cure rates nearing 100 ...

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Harvoni Beats Hep C Among Those With Advanced Liver Disease

Gilead Sciences’ Harvoni (ledipasvir/sofosbuvir) and ribavirin cures hepatitis C virus (HCV) at mostly high rates among those with decompensated cirrhosis or...

Gilead Sciences’ Harvoni (ledipasvir/sofosbuvir) and ribavirin cures hepatitis...

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Joint Pain Flares Among People With HIV, Hepatitis C or Both

People with HIV or hepatitis C virus (HCV), or who are coinfected with both viruses, report high levels of joint pain, aidsmap reports. Publishing their...

People with HIV or hepatitis C virus (HCV), or who are coinfected with both vir...

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Daclatasvir and Sovaldi Cure High Rates of Genotype 1 of Hep C

A recent trial suggests that Bristol-Myers Squibb’s daclatasvir plus Gilead Sciences’ Sovaldi (sofosbuvir), with or without ribavirin, cures high rates of...

A recent trial suggests that Bristol-Myers Squibb’s daclatasvir plus Gilead Sci...

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Could a Cancer Drug Cure Hepatitis B?

A cancer drug has shown promise as a potential cure for hepatitis B virus (HBV). Publishing their findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...

A cancer drug has shown promise as a potential cure for hepatitis B virus (HBV)...

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