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Preexposure Prophylaxis Provided in the Emergency Department: Clinician Perspectives

Objectives: The southern United States is facing a burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnoses, with 52% of new diagnoses made in the region. The emergency department (ED) is an important access point for patient care, especially given nationwide shortages in primary care appointments. The objective of our study was…

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Preexposure Prophylaxis to Prevent HIV Acquisition: Perceptions among Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals in North Carolina

Objectives: Sexual and gender minority (SGM) communities at increased risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be underprescribed preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), but PrEP research on SGM communities other than transgender women and cisgender men who have sex with men is limited. We sought to better understand SGM individuals’ vulnerability to…

HIV: A Preventable Disease with Increasing Prevalence in the South

With more than 50% of the country’s HIV diagnoses in 2022 occurring in the South, Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, an Infectious Diseases specialist at the University of Cincinnati, and Philip Hartman, MD, a Family Medicine physician in Florence, Kentucky and former SMA President, discuss the status of HIV prevention and treatment…