New CDC nPEP Guidelines should become 'part of general medical practice,' says expert

New CDC nPEP Guidelines should become 'part of general medical practice,' says expert

A new commentary published in Annals of Internal Medicine from Roy Gulick, MD, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases and Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, highlights what's new in the updated CDC HIV Non-Occupational Post Exposure Prophylaxis (nPEP) Guidelines. According to Dr. Gulick, the streamlined nPEP guidelines should be part of general medical practice, as incorporating them will reduce new HIV infections and improve publi…

Persons with HIV can be treated safely, effectively with long-acting antiretroviral therapy at home – study

Long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy (ART) can be administered at home to persons living with HIV as safely and effectively by a health care professional as in the clinic, with equally high patient satisfaction rates. This is according to a study – “Comparison of At-Home Versus In-Clinic Receipt of Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir/Rilpivirine Get access Arrow” by Stephanie E. Kirk, Christina Young, Hayley Berry, Rochelle Hanson, Ange…

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A new commentary published in Annals of Internal Medicine from Roy Gulick, MD, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases and Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, highlights what's new in the updated CDC HIV Non-Occupational Post Exposure Prophylaxis (nPEP) Guidelines.