Selected Recent Articles

• Low Uptake of Direct-Acting Antivirals for Hepatitis C in U.S. Clinics – Race and Income Key Factors. (December 2016, TheBodyPro)
•  We’re Closing the Gap: New Research on Race/Ethnic Disparities in HIV Treatment and Viral Suppression.  (December 2016, Beta Blog)
• Catching Fire: The Realities of the New Era in HIV Prevention and Care.  (September 2016, Poz)
• Community-Based Participatory Research: Addressing Ethics, Empowerment and HIV Health Disparities.  (September 2016, TheBodyPro)
• Racial Disparities Seen in PrEP Use Among Young Gay and Bi Men in California.  (September 2016, Poz)
• Structural inequalities create vulnerability to HIV for black gay men in New York.  (September 2016, AIDSmap)
• Increasing adherence, tailoring interventions may reduce disparities in PrEP uptake.  (August 2016, Healio)
• Disproportionate burden of HIV, hepatitis, TB among prisoners driven by IDUs, insufficient care.  (July 2016, Healio)
• PrEP use is rising fast in US, but large racial disparities remain.  (June 2016, AIDSmap); related coverage from Healio and Poz
• UNAIDS Announces 2 Million More People Living With HIV on Treatment in 2015, Bringing New Total to 17 Million.  (UNAIDS); related coverage from AIDSmap, AVAC, and Science Speaks Blog
• Uneven rollout of Affordable Care Act increases health disparities in HIV. (March 2016, Healio)
• HIV Care Rates Differ By Race, Sex, Age and Year in Large U.S. Study. (March 2016, HIV Treatment Alerts)
• The U.S. HIV epidemic at CROI 2016: Black gay men have a 1 in 2 lifetime risk. (February 2016, Beta Blog)
• Half of Black Gay Men and a Quarter of Latino Gay Men Projected to be Diagnosed Within Their Lifetime. (February 2016, CDC)
• Overall lifetime risk for HIV declines in US; risk greatest for black, Latino MSM. (February 2016, Healio)
• What Are the Odds You’ll Get HIV in Your Lifetime? A New CDC Study Breaks It Down. (February 2016, TheBodyPro)
• Among U.S. Gay Men, Half of Blacks and 1 in 4 Latinos Projected to Contract HIV. (February 2016, Poz)
• CDC highlights interventions that reduce disparities in HAV, HIV/AIDS. (February 2016, Healio)
• Disparities in Medical Care Coverage Among Blacks with HIV. (February 2016, Poz)
• State Medicaid Restrictions for Hepatitis C Cures Are Creating One of America’s Worst Health Disparities. (December 2015, Hepmag)
• National HIV Prevention Conference highlights progress and disparities. (December 2015, AIDSmap)
• New HIV cases decline in US, but population and geographic disparities persist. (December 2015, AIDSmap)
• In Seattle, HIV Hits Younger Gays Less as Racial Disparities Emerge. (July 2015, Poz)
• Younger gay men have much lower risk of acquiring HIV than previous generations, but racial disparities persist. (July 2015, AIDSmap)
• Negative Health Conditions Tied to Poor HIV Treatment in Gays. (June 2015, Poz)
• NYC Almost Ends HIV in Injection Drug Users, But Only Among Whites. (June 2015, Poz)
• Men who have sex with men have other health inequalities as well as poor sexual health, say Public Health England. (February 2015, AIDSmap)
• HIV-Positive Southerners Have Higher Death Rates. (January 2015, Poz)
• Injection Drug Use Disproportionately Drives HIV in Puerto Ricans. (September 2014, Poz)
• HIV testing rates are improving in African people in England. (September 2014, AIDSmap)
• Social inequalities associated with late HIV diagnosis and delayed HIV treatment – European study. (September 2014, AIDSmap)
• HIV Fight Should Target Specific Hard-Hit Neighborhoods. (April 2014, Poz)
• Favoring ARVs for HIV Subgroups May Better Thwart Epidemic. (April 2014, Poz)
• Organizations Work to Reduce HIV/AIDS among African American Women and Latinas. (March 2014, Blog.AIDS.gov)
• HIV/AIDS Among American Indians and Alaska Natives.  (February 2014, HRSA Care Action)
• Big gaps in engagement with HIV care and virological suppression between US states. (February 2014, AIDSmap)
• Parsing the Variables That Raise HIV Risk Among Black MSM. (February 2014, Poz)
• Wide range of factors contribute to high HIV risk among black MSM in the US. (February 2014, AIDSmap)
• Study Identifies How Blacks Fare in HIV Treatment Cascade. (February 2014, Poz)
• HIV Rates in Black MSM Are Linked to STIs, Economic Woes. (February 2014, Poz)
• Black people have low levels of engagement and retention in HIV care in the US. (February 2014, AIDSmap)
• A Patient’s Race Affects How HIV Docs Discuss Adherence. (February 2014, Poz)
• Red States Leave Many Poor Americans Out of Obamacare. (October 2013, Poz)
• HIV Rates Elevated Among Heterosexuals in Poor Urban Communities. (March 2013, Poz)