Julia Bonavitacola

6 days ago | ajmc.com | Julia Bonavitacola |Benjamin Chen

Benjamin K. Chen, MD, PhD, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, spoke about the results of his recently published study, which found that researchers could genetically tag immune cells with latent HIV. Chen was the senior author on the study published in Nature Communications. This transcript was lightly edited; captions were auto-generated.

6 days ago | ajmc.com | Julia Bonavitacola

A newsletter from the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation referenced a study published in the March 2025 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®). The study, “Demographic Disparities in Video Visit Telemetry: Understanding Telemedicine Utilization,” found significant demographic disparities when it came to failed video visit occurrence, specifically in older adults and African American/Black patients.

1 week ago | ajmc.com | Julia Bonavitacola

A new study conducted by Rutgers Health researchers and published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases found that multiple antibiotic courses in children were associated with an increased risk of asthma, food allergies, intellectual disabilities, and allergic rhinitis.1Antibiotics are a class of medication that can treat infections caused by bacteria.

1 week ago | ajmc.com | Julia Bonavitacola

Discretionary spending by HHS is the major target of cuts in a preliminary budget from the Trump administration obtained by the Washington Post.1 This budget, which is still in the early stages of development, could affect the budget proposed by Congress for fiscal year 2026. The budget proposal from the Trump administration not only covers areas in which budgets would be cut across HHS but also illustrates restructurings that would occur in conjunction with the reduction of funds.

1 week ago | ajmc.com | Julia Bonavitacola

Women living with multiple adversities that tie to social determinants of health (SDOH) were found to have poor wellbeing when living with HIV, according to a study published in HIV Medicine.1 The researchers emphasized that these women require tailored interventions to properly address this gap in care.