HIV
When viral suppression didn’t last, lowering barriers to HIV treatment and care made a difference
The goals of controlling HIV sound like a straight forward series of three consecutive steps, one following another, when discussed in global and domestic epidemic-ending plans. […]
Tuberculosis
New TB drug approval a milestone, all agree — with caveats, some add
The announcement Wednesday of U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of pretomanid, a new tuberculosis drug that has been part of a ground-breaking treatment regimen against […]
Research & Development
STREAM Trial: Nine-month regimen for drug-resistant tuberculosis brings “promising cure rates”
A randomized, multi-country clinical trial testing a regimen for treating drug-resistant tuberculosis in less than a year against the up to two-year regimen recommended by the […]
Policy
Treatment rationing, other structural barriers stand in the way of stopping spread of hepatitis C among people living with HIV, study finds
When provinces in Canada lifted restrictions pegging eligibility for treatment for hepatitis C with direct-acting antivirals to the stage of the disease — or range of […]