An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases,
December 30th, 2019
Welcome to Mandatory Online Module Land!
(What follows is an attempt to derive some humor from those annual online “required learnings” assigned to us each year. Because if you’re in pain, you are not alone!) Step right up, Ladies and Gentlemen! Allow me to welcome you to Mandatory Online Module Land — the fantasy theme park Health Professionals around the world […]
December 23rd, 2019
FDA Defers Approval of First Long-Acting HIV Therapy, Surprising Everyone
We HIV/ID specialists are lucky. For over two decades, steady progress in HIV treatment brings regular excitement to our field. Some of these advances are incremental, but others represent major leaps forward. One such example of the latter is long-acting injectable therapy with cabotegravir (CAB) and rilpivirine (RPV) for maintaining viral suppression. This strategy — […]
December 15th, 2019
Should Oseltamivir Become an Over-the-Counter Drug?
News broke last week that oseltamivir — most commonly known by its clever (expired) brand name, Tamiflu — may be heading to pharmacies soon as an over-the-counter (OTC) drug, available without a prescription. After hearing this, I immediately thought of several reasons both supporting and opposing this change — an ideal question for a poll! […]
December 8th, 2019
A Midyear Letter to First-year ID Fellows — With Sympathy, Gratitude, and Hope!
Dear First-Year ID Fellows: Right around now, some of you might be feeling a bit prickly. The workday is long, the supply of daylight dwindles daily, and the cold winds blow in from the north. While friends outside of medicine gear up for holiday time off, your plans might include some hospital coverage. Some of […]
December 1st, 2019
On World AIDS Day 2019 — Wouldn’t It Be Nice…?
With apologies to a 1960s band with a flair for complex harmonies and evoking warm ocean breezes (as the first winter storm barrels in), here’s a miscellaneous list of wishes for World AIDS Day. Wouldn’t It Be Nice … If everyone with HIV could be on suppressive antiretroviral therapy? Here are the latest estimates, showing […]
Paul E. Sax, MD
Associate Editor
NEJM Clinician
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