Mark Mascolini

Community-based HCV self-testing (HCVST) could broaden access to testing by reaching previously untested people, according to results of a large multigroup analysis in Vietnam [1]. At the same time, HCVST could boost new HCV diagnoses and expand linkage to HCV care. Diagnosis and treatment of people with HCV infection remain low across the globe. In Vietnam, where this study took place, fewer than 10% of an estimated 1 million people with HCV have been diagnosed and treated.

If at least 7.5% of people who inject drugs (PWID) in the Chicago area (75 of every 1000 PWID) use direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), HCV would be eliminated from that population in 10 years, according to results of a modeling study at the University of Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, and collaborating centers (1).

Concise reviews of 10 articles with clinical insights into managing older adults with HIV 1. New HIV Diagnosis Rate Rising 2% Yearly in People Over 50 in Europe 2. Immediate ART Cuts All-Cause and Non-AIDS Mortality in People 50 to 70 3. Frailty Tied to Recurrent Falls in Older Men and Women With HIV 4. Fracture Rate Doubled at Age 50-59 in US Men With vs Without HIV 5. One in 5 Older People With HIV Has an (Often Modifiable) IADL Disability 6.