Assoumou is an infectious diseases physician-scientist at Boston Medical Center. Miller is a research data associate within Dr. Assoumou’s I-CARE (Infectious Complications Assessment and Research) lab ...

Convincing evidence of benefits from identifying and treating HIV infection before symptoms appear, panel says A U.S. medical group recommends universal HIV screening for teens and adults. On Monday, ...

A study finds promising results on a new HIV prevention drug that's injected just twice a year. In the meantime, here's everything to know about HIV testing. Jessica was a writer on the Wellness team, ...

Between 2014 and 2018, annual diagnoses for HIV in an emergency department (ED) in Hamilton County, Ohio, more than doubled, from 20 to 42. The publicly funded screening program, at University of ...

The intervention increased HIV cotesting rates in urgent care and emergency departments, improving diagnosis and care linkage. Electronic prompts for HIV tests during STI evaluations led to ...

HIV screening rates remain low in the United States, though the CDC recommends universal screening at least once in everyone and annually in high-risk individuals. A new initiative, Ending the HIV ...

The CDC has released a report showing slight improvements in HIV care and treatment outcomes in the US, with 83% of people diagnosed in 2024 linked to care within one month, 77% receiving some care, ...

Many women get a Pap smear every few years during checkups at the gynecologist's office. Doctors do these tests to check for early signs of cancer of the cervix, the canal that connects your vagina to ...

New research from Boston Medical Center found that sexually transmitted infection (STI) and HIV testing declined at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, while there was an increase in positive test ...