June 22, 2021
Socioeconomic Deprivation Linked to Worse Survival in Cancer Trials
Overall, progression-free, and cancer-specific survival worse for participants from areas with highest socioeconomic deprivation. High area-level socioeconomic deprivation is associated with worse survival for patients with cancer enrolled in clinical trials, according to a study published online March 17 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Joseph M. Unger, Ph.D., from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research...
Factors Affecting HIV Testing in Washington D.C.
According to the Center for Disease Control, in the United States, over one million people live with HIV/AIDS. Washington D.C. has the highest rate of HIV infection at 1.9%. This rate is disproportionate compared to HIV infection rates in other areas of the country. Researchers have indicated recently that even among insured people, HIV testing...
HIV/AIDS Stigma in the Southern United States
Around 13% of the 1.2 million Americans aged 13 and over living with HIV are undiagnosed. Moreover, 44% of these individuals live in the South. The Southern United States is home to 52% of all new AIDS cases and 47% of yearly deaths from AIDS. With a death rate from AIDS three times higher in...