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Nearly eight years after Truvada’s approval for HIV prevention, primary care providers struggle to understand—and prescribe—the pill.

HIVMA updated its 2013 guidance on providing evidence-based primary care to people with HIV.

The retailer offers services such as routine checkups, eye and dental exams, and therapy and may expand nationwide.

Black and Hispanic patients who call for appointments are also more likely than whites to be asked about their insurance status.

It’s time, leaders say, to decentralize hepatitis C care from urban areas and get nonspecialists to provide care.

This is according to the largest-ever analysis of the treatment cascade among people tested for hepatitis C.

Primary care physicians and ob-gyns are the top clinicians ordering such tests.

Researchers say paying doctors more for preventive care than emergency care may better the health of those in marginalized communities.