Data published in JAMA Network Open suggest that prescribing practices of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in pregnant women living with HIV in the United States do not align optimally with national guidelines. In this prospective cohort study including data from 1867 pregnancies in 1582 women living with HIV, 49.5% were associated with prescribed ART designated as…
More than half of bimanual exams, >70 percent of Pap tests in women aged 15 to 20 years unnecessary
US women who have received one dose of HPV vaccine have similar protection as women who have received two or three doses.
Data on the composition and structure of the vaginal microbiome in women with genital Chlamydia trachomatis published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases revealed that Lactobacillus iners- dominated communities were most common post-treatment.
Evidence of higher quality is needed to better understand sex differences in response to influenza vaccine.
Compared with injectable contraceptive norethisterone enanthate and combined oral contraceptive pills, contraceptive vaginal ring lowered cervical frequencies of Th17 cells, which may affect HIV risk stratification.
Safety and efficacy of isoniazid for the prevention of tuberculosis may vary between HIV-infected pregnant and postpartum women.
Mailing human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling test kits to underscreened women may increase cervical cancer screening uptake in healthcare systems in the United States.
In a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, researchers hypothesized that the underrepresentation of women in HIV intervention trials in the United States may be a result of higher clinical trial screen-out rates in women compared with men. Although they found that screen-out rates did not differ by sex, researchers highlighted that the results underscored…
Maternal efavirenz use tied to increased risk among children who are HIV-exposed but uninfected
