An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases,
May 27th, 2019
A Day in the Life of a Malaria Diagnosis “Lab” — with Apologies to Twitter’s “Thoughts of Dog”
Scene: A quiet morning, somewhere in sub-Saharan Africa. A few roosters crow in the distance. A black Labrador Retriever slowly rouses herself from sleep. ah. nice long nighttime snoozle. my favorite thing. ending soon. but many favorite things. partial list. i’m good with lists. 1. belly rub. c. peanut butter. 4: stuffed toy lamb, with […]
May 19th, 2019
CDC Does Us a Huge Favor by Advising Against Annual Screening of Healthcare Workers for Latent TB
There are definitely things we do in medicine just because that’s how we’ve always done them. Among these evidence-free actions, we can include yearly screening for latent TB infection (LTBI) in all healthcare workers If we carefully examine the rationale behind this practice — as this thorough review nicely does — one would be hard-pressed to […]
May 12th, 2019
On Mother’s Day, a Tribute to a Mother Who Doesn’t Celebrate Mother’s Day
My siblings and I are pretty lucky, because our mother may be the smartest person in the world. Let me reassure you that this is not just our biased opinion. Everyone who knows her well thinks the same thing — including my wife, who told me today, on Mother’s Day, that my Mom’s remarkable brainpower […]
May 5th, 2019
Latest Published Study on HIV Treatment as Prevention Is Déjà Vu All Over Again, But Some News Is So Good It Never Gets Old
Even if you’re not an ID or HIV specialist, there’s an excellent chance you’ve heard of the PARTNER2 study, just published in The Lancet. If not, the title could not be more descriptive: Risk of HIV transmission through condomless sex in serodifferent gay couples with the HIV-positive partner taking suppressive antiretroviral therapy And, in case […]
Paul E. Sax, MD
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NEJM Clinician
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