New study aims to reduce HIV incidence among transgender women
HIV prevention services will be combined with access to gender-affirming hormonal therapy and peer health navigation to try to reduce the disproportionate percentage of transgender women who are HIV positive in an innovative study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHeath).
It s important that we ensure we are meeting the health care needs of transgender women in Houston, as they have some of the highest estimated HIV prevalence of any key population. A combination intervention that combines HIV prevention services and hormonal therapy, which is supported by peer health navigation, could significantly impact the HIV epidemic among this population.
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The deaths one in Lake County and two in Sumter raise the area’s death toll related to COVID-19 to 460, including 336 in Lake County and 124 in Sumter.
Details about the local fatalities were not immediately available due to the state’s recent transition to a new method of reporting deaths on the DOH website. DOH offices in Tallahassee and in Lake County have not responded to emails seeking information.
In addition, 270 new confirmed cases of the potentially deadly coronavirus were reported Tuesday in Lake and Sumter counties 191 in Lake County and 79 in Sumter. Since March, when the DOH began issuing daily updates on the spread and impact of COVID-19, Lake has reported 18,333 cases and officials in Sumter County have confirmed 6,108 cases.
The death raised the area death toll related to COVID-19 to 457, including 335 in Lake County and 122 in Sumter.
Details about the local fatality were not immediately available due to the state’s recent transition to a new method of reporting deaths on the DOH website. DOH offices in Tallahassee and in Lake County have not responded to emails seeking information.
In addition, 223 new confirmed cases of the potentially deadly coronavirus were reported Monday in Lake and Sumter counties 169 in Lake County and 54 in Sumter. Since March, when the DOH began issuing daily updates on the spread and impact of COVID-19, Lake has reported 18,142 cases and officials in Sumter County have confirmed 6,029 cases.