As SNAP benefits run low, people with HIV can struggle to stay on treatment

As SNAP benefits run low, people with HIV can struggle to stay on treatment

Despite major advances in HIV treatment, food and housing insecurity can still make it difficult for people living with the virus to take their medication consistently, according to an article by WHYY News.Dr. Aaron Richterman, an infectious diseases specialist at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia, told WHYY that he would often hear patients say, “How am I supposed to take my medicine when I don’t have enough to eat?”Some of Richterman’s patients at…