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New policy is taking sexual orientation, gender out of blood donor equation

...and bisexual men from donating blood because of their risk of HIV, which can be transmitted by transfusion. Over the years that restriction was gradually relaxed, taking into consideration the...

...and bisexual men from donating blood because of their risk of HIV, which can be transmitted by transfusion. Over the years that restriction was gradually relaxed, taking into consideration the...

This Is My Why: LGBTQ+ education

...of conversion therapy. I thought I shouldn't be. When I was a teen, I didn't know if I should be tested for HIV. Was I at risk? How does transmission happen?...

...of conversion therapy. I thought I shouldn't be. When I was a teen, I didn't know if I should be tested for HIV. Was I at risk? How does transmission happen?...

mRNA medicines: Looking back, and a look forward

...was it a cornucopia conferring protection from microbial menaces of every stripe? Time will tell. And it won't take long. Clinical testing is underway for mRNA-based vaccines for influenza, HIV,...

...was it a cornucopia conferring protection from microbial menaces of every stripe? Time will tell. And it won't take long. Clinical testing is underway for mRNA-based vaccines for influenza, HIV,...

Physician-novelist Abraham Verghese on the power of fiction

...was an infectious disease physician working with HIV patients in the early '80s, and what I was seeing in the hospital every day was tragic. When I came home, writing...

...was an infectious disease physician working with HIV patients in the early '80s, and what I was seeing in the hospital every day was tragic. When I came home, writing...

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Physicians get trained on gun safety

...and is continually updated. "We're dealing with a huge public health problem," said Winslow. "We've controlled tuberculosis and HIV as major causes of death. We're not cutting it with guns...

...and is continually updated. "We're dealing with a huge public health problem," said Winslow. "We've controlled tuberculosis and HIV as major causes of death. We're not cutting it with guns...

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Pap smears, be gone? Using menstrual blood to detect HPV

...strip, an absorbent filter paper that dries quickly after saturation, produces what's known as a dried blood spot, and is commonly used to diagnose infections such as Hepatitis and HIV,...

...strip, an absorbent filter paper that dries quickly after saturation, produces what's known as a dried blood spot, and is commonly used to diagnose infections such as Hepatitis and HIV,...

Molecular movie maker

...to change how it impacts the brain and figuring out how to terminate HIV once and for all. Behind myriad drugs, nuanced details of disease manifestation, and so many other...

...to change how it impacts the brain and figuring out how to terminate HIV once and for all. Behind myriad drugs, nuanced details of disease manifestation, and so many other...

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Monkeypox: What does sex have to do with it?

...happen eventually. It's possible that, similar to HIV transmission, anal sex increases the risk of monkeypox transmission more than other types of sex. The rectal mucosa has blood vessels, lymphocytes...

...happen eventually. It's possible that, similar to HIV transmission, anal sex increases the risk of monkeypox transmission more than other types of sex. The rectal mucosa has blood vessels, lymphocytes...

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Fighting childhood infectious disease, lessons from COVID-19

...didn't understand how HIV impacted children and pregnant women. So, when I came to Stanford in 1988, I set up the first HIV program for children and developed the HIV...

...didn't understand how HIV impacted children and pregnant women. So, when I came to Stanford in 1988, I set up the first HIV program for children and developed the HIV...

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Bill, supported by Stanford doctor, guards against hepatitis

...right after birth.   It's a big problem worldwide, too. About 300 million people globally have hepatitis B, and 60 million have hepatitis C, compared to 40 million with HIV....

...right after birth.   It's a big problem worldwide, too. About 300 million people globally have hepatitis B, and 60 million have hepatitis C, compared to 40 million with HIV....

Universal hepatitis B screenings can save lives and cut costs, study says

...that attacks the liver. That's some 210 million more than the number of people infected with HIV, according to the World Health Organization. If left untreated, 1 in 4 people...

...that attacks the liver. That's some 210 million more than the number of people infected with HIV, according to the World Health Organization. If left untreated, 1 in 4 people...

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New course aims to improve care for the LGBTQ+ community

Researchers at Stanford Medicine launched a new online course that aims to address a gap in medical education when it comes to LGBTQ+ health, which has historically focused on HIV...

Researchers at Stanford Medicine launched a new online course that aims to address a gap in medical education when it comes to LGBTQ+ health, which has historically focused on HIV...

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Expanded opioid addiction care could save lives, cut costs, study shows

...realized the opioid epidemic was threatening the hard-fought gains in the prevention and control of HIV and the hepatitis C virus. The project was supported by a MERIT award from...

...realized the opioid epidemic was threatening the hard-fought gains in the prevention and control of HIV and the hepatitis C virus. The project was supported by a MERIT award from...

Community bonds help barbers improve health for Black men

...through their barbers has grown in popularity. Black barbers have become mental health advocates, held screenings for diabetes in their shops and given advice on HIV, prostate cancer, nutrition and...

...through their barbers has grown in popularity. Black barbers have become mental health advocates, held screenings for diabetes in their shops and given advice on HIV, prostate cancer, nutrition and...

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Best of 2020: Stanford Medicine’s top podcasts

...distribution of coronavirus vaccines is ramping up, it's interesting to look back on Pulendran's explanations of how vaccines help us build antibodies against viruses, and why an effective HIV vaccine...

...distribution of coronavirus vaccines is ramping up, it's interesting to look back on Pulendran's explanations of how vaccines help us build antibodies against viruses, and why an effective HIV vaccine...

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Stanford Medicine magazine’s top reads of 2020

...in the pandemic he thought, "Oh, this is just a typical viral thing." As a co-discoverer of the Ebola virus, and a pioneering HIV researcher, Piot thought he knew viruses....

...in the pandemic he thought, "Oh, this is just a typical viral thing." As a co-discoverer of the Ebola virus, and a pioneering HIV researcher, Piot thought he knew viruses....