News 2014
No New HIV in MSM/Transgenders Using 4 or More PrEP Tablets Weekly
Trans MSM
Taking four or more tenofovir/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) tablets weekly for preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prevented HIV acquisition in a cohort study of 1603 men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women. Three quarters of study participants invited to take PrEP did so in this open-label extension of three clinical trials.
Read more: No New HIV in MSM/Transgenders Using 4 or More PrEP Tablets Weekly
Federal Officials Unveil Streamlined Marketplace Website
Insurance marketplace
Consumers using the federal healthcare.gov website when open enrollment begins next month should expect a faster website with a shorter application form and features making it easier to use on mobile devices, Obama administration officials said Wednesday.
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Turning 26 Soon? Start Birthday Shopping for Health Insurance Now!
Nancy C. Lee, M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Women's Health; and the Director of the Office on Women's Health in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Were you — or was someone you love — born in late 1988? Start planning for your birthday now!
That's the message I shared several times with my son, who turned 26 in August. Why? Because turning 26 meant he could no longer be covered under my health insurance plan.
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For the Supreme Court, New Term Means Renewed Attacks on Civil Rights Legislation
John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States.
For people who've watched the Roberts Court whittle away civil rights legislation over the last decade, the new Supreme Court term brings with it the likely possibility of more of the same. The High Court is set to consider Alabama's so-called "racial gerrymandering" and Texas' low-income housing practices this term. In the former, it has the opportunity to take further swipes at the Voting Rights Act, and in the latter, eviscerate the cornerstone enforcement provision of the Fair Housing Act. Civil rights watchers and fair housing advocates in particular are bracing for the worst.
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In This Issue
With Black gay and bisexual men now comprising three-fourths of new HIV infections in the United States, it's time that we seriously consider the new WHO guidelines recommending that MSM consider PrEP. We update you on the research presented at AIDS 2014 on both PrEP and treatment as prevention (TasP), as well as some of the barriers to widespread uptake of PrEP.