HIV: CD4 count less than 200 — Vax-Before-Travel

HIV: CD4 count less than 200

Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Jun 12

3 min read

Foreign-Born Women of Reproductive Age Lack Hep B Vaccinations

Mother-to-child hepatitis B virus transmission can be prevented with vaccination

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Jun 5

4 min read

New HIV Vaccine Strategy Could Be a Winner

HIV vaccine candidate successfully targeted a peptide in the virus' entry machinery, in a mice study

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

May 29

5 min read

Ocular Herpes Can Be Treated, But Not Prevented With a Vaccine

BX795 reduces Herpes Virus, treating HSV1 infections of the eye

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Herpes Simplex 1

Herpes Simplex 2

Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

May 15

4 min read

HIV PrEP Option Adds Truvada Once-Daily

Gilead's Truvada does not cure HIV infection or AIDS

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Fact checked by Danielle Reiter, RN

May 15

4 min read

HIV Vaccine Candidate Generated Near 100% Immune Responses

HVTN 098 PENNVAX-GP is an HIV vaccine candidate that maintained durable and robust immune responses at month 12 in a phase 1 clinical study

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases