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National HIV PrEP Curriculum

The National HIV PrEP Curriculum is a free, up-to-date educational resource for health care professionals to learn how to initiate and manage HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP)....

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Doxy-PEP Standing Orders

Standing Orders: Doxycycline use as post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections....

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NEW: Doxy PEP Resources

A repository of Doxy PEP resources for clinicans created by the Denver PTC....

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AMA: New STI, HIV, Viral Hep & TB Toolkit for Community Health Centers and Emergency Departments

Community health centers and emergency departments are uniquely positioned to screen for HIV, STIs, viral hepatitis, and LTBI among under-resourced and disproportionately affected ...

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Bicillin Shortage: Extencilline Information for Clinicians

Extencilline is benzathine benzylpenicillin (penicillin G benzathine) injection powder for suspension that is being temporarilyimported to address ongoing shortages of Bicillin® L-...

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PrEP Without a Prescription Now a Reality in California

California, the nation's most populous state, just enacted a new law ensuring more access to pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, which is nearly 100 percent effective at preventing ...

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Clinicians Dismiss Black Women’s Pain. The Consequences Are Dire.

Black patients are significantly less likely to receive adequate treatment. Often, they're left in agony....

Mpox Clinical Guide

With some communities seeing an uptick in Mpox cases, the National Curriculum Center's, "Mpox Clinical Guide" provides clinicians the tools for diagnosis, management and treatment ...

Congenital Syphilis Claimed the Lives of 8 North Carolina Babies in 2023

Last year, congenital syphilis led to six stillbirths in North Carolina and two neonatal deaths, according to preliminary data....

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Monkeys reveal new clues toward elusive HIV vaccine and cure

BOSTON—Despite enormous efforts over more than 30 years, HIV/AIDS researchers have yet to develop either a vaccine or cure for the disease. But they have made progress in monkey ex...

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7 condom myths everyone needs to stop believing, according to a doctor

When it comes to condoms, chances are pretty good that you think you know everything there is know on the matter. Like, you've been learning about safe sex since eighth grade healt...

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New test extends window for accurate detection of Zika

Diagnosis of Zika infection is complex. Molecular tests for exposure are only reliable in the first two to three weeks after infection while the virus is circulating in the bloodst...