Deliberately infecting volunteers with COVID-19 to speed up vaccine development? Human challenge trials, a process whereby healthy volunteers are given potential vaccines and then infected with COVID-19, could be a way to speed up vaccine development and reduce the global burden of coronavirus.

November 24, 2020 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz Read More

The impact of antibiotic resistant infections in Europe Antibiotic-resistant bacteria cause a heavy burden of infections, deaths, and disability-adjusted life years within 30 countries in Europe

April 16, 2019 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz Read More

The link between drug marketing and the opioid crisis When pharmaceutical companies market opioids directly to doctors, they are more likely to prescribe them and people are more likely to die of an overdose

February 4, 2019 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz Read More

HIV-positive and trying to get pregnant? Read this first. Did you know that not all infants born of HIV-positive mothers develop HIV? They are still at greater risk for other health issues, but this study found that medicating mothers reduces this risk.

October 24, 2018 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz Read More

Eye exams can help diagnose syphilis and HIV Syphilis of the eye is almost twice as common in syphilis patients living with HIV compared to those who are not.

September 19, 2018 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz Read More

Effects of Gender and Alcohol Use on US Veterans with HIV Female veterans have poorer HIV outcomes than male veterans, and alcohol use hurts HIV outcomes regardless of gender.

July 31, 2018 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz Read More

Gaming toward a healthier life Smartphone Game Improves Medical Care for HIV Positive Young Men Who Have Sex with Men

May 22, 2018 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz Read More

Does stopping and then re-starting HIV treatment harm the patient? HIV treatment interruption doesn’t lead to irreparable damage to immune cells and increases in HIV levels after treatment is started again

March 21, 2018 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz Read More

Pregnant HIV-Positive Women In East Africa Sometimes Quit Treatment Healthy HIV-positive pregnant women drop out of their treatment programs more often than healthy HIV-positive non-pregnant women

February 5, 2018 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz Read More

Don’t Wait! If HIV Positive, Start Treatment Right Away The benefits of starting treatment for HIV right away outweigh the slight increased risk of HIV drug resistance

January 9, 2018 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz Read More