Larry Buhl

Los Angeles

Multimedia Journalist and Writer at Freelance

Multimedia journalist+author @everydayhealth @bodyprohiv @Capitalandmain @positivelyaware @kqed @marketplace @Salon. @larrybuhl.bsky.social

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Articles

FDA approves twice-yearly injectable PrEP, but will it reach the people who need it?

5 days ago | positivelyaware.com | Larry Buhl

Enthusiasm for Yeztugo was sparked by phase 3 data from a series of clinical trials called PURPOSE that looked at lenacapavir in specific groups of people. PURPOSE 1 focused on adolescent cisgender girls and young women; the broader PURPOSE 2 involved cisgender men, transgender women, transgender men and gender non-binary individuals who have sex with cisgender men. PURPOSE 1 (NCT04994509) showed zero HIV acquisitions in the lenacapavir group.
Tens of Thousands Still Struggle to Access Long-Acting HIV Treatment in U.S.

1 week ago | thebodypro.com | Larry Buhl

More than four years after the first long-acting HIV treatment (LA-ART) was approved, people in many parts of the U.S. struggle to get these medications, according to two new studies. While some barriers are gradually diminishing over time, availability and affordability remain inconsistent in many states, particularly outside urban areas and well-staffed sexual health clinics. However, providers and advocates who spoke with TheBodyPro suggested ways of minimizing these hurdles.
ICE raids are making LA families too scared to go to the doctor

2 weeks ago | lapublicpress.org | Larry Buhl

Elena Fernandez, chief program officer at St. John’s Community Health, recalled an incident earlier this year where a client was taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents near a St. John clinic in South LA. “It was at 58th and Hoover,” Fernandez said. “We saw three big white trucks.
LA’s $13M COVID relief funds could go to building upgrades, not pandemic care

3 weeks ago | lapublicpress.org | Larry Buhl

This article was published in collaboration with The Sick Times. Long COVID and COVID-19 safety advocates are criticizing the Los Angeles City Council for its decision last month to reallocate more than $13 million in unspent federal pandemic relief funds to what they characterize as unrelated projects. And they point out that, with infections still occurring daily and potentially hundreds of thousands of Angelinos debilitated with long COVID, now is not the time to cut back on resources.
Proposed Medicaid cuts would impact 2 million Angelenos. Here’s what that means for LA

1 month ago | lapublicpress.org | Larry Buhl

The proposed slashing of Medicaid, if enacted by Congress, would not only have devastating consequences for Los Angeles residents kicked off coverage. It would have a dangerous ripple effect throughout the healthcare industry, resulting in fewer providers, reduction in services and longer wait times for patients. These cuts could also seriously damage LA’s economy.
Trump’s budget cuts could reverse 30 years of HIV progress in LA

1 month ago | lapublicpress.org | Larry Buhl

More than three dozen community-based health providers in Los Angeles County are scrambling to replace tens of millions in federal funding after the Trump administration eliminated longstanding federal grants for HIV and STD prevention. Without the funding, health officials warn that HIV infection rates could rise dramatically, potentially reversing decades of progress.
Congress is coming for LA’s food stamps as groceries get more expensive

2 months ago | lapublicpress.org | Larry Buhl

Angelica Fuentes lost 60% of her vision after she was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2019 that could be managed through radiation, but not removed. Then an administrative assistant in an importing business, Fuentes found it impossible to work in front of a computer. The screen looked “all a jumble,” she said. After undergoing treatment, Fuentes said she was able to secure Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, for her disability, as well as health benefits through MediCal.
What’s the best strategy to deal with INSTI weight gain?

Feb 5, 2025 | positivelyaware.com | Larry Buhl

Studies have reported that one in six patients gain significant weight—at least 10% of their body weight—within two years after starting HIV treatment. This weight gain is more common in women, Black people, and people who had poorer health when starting treatment, but the reasons for weight gain are still unclear. Weight gain is strongly correlated with integrase inhibitors (INSTIs) and tenofovir alafenamide (TAF), particularly second-generation integrase inhibitors dolutegravir and bictegravir.
How much can loneliness impact frailty in older people with HIV?

Feb 5, 2025 | positivelyaware.com | Larry Buhl

A study published in October in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (JAIDS) had an unexpected finding: that being single and lonely—and, in contrast to other studies, not nadir CD4 count or multi-morbidity—correlated with frailty in older people with HIV (PWH). The cross-sectional analysis included 439 participants over age 65 (with a median age of 69) from the Correlates of Healthy Aging in Geriatric HIV (CHANGE HIV) study.
Tools for combatting social isolation

Feb 4, 2025 | positivelyaware.com | Larry Buhl

Even if the association between loneliness, social isolation and frailty (and comorbidities) for older PWH is complex and not fully understood, there’s evidence, for people with or without HIV, that loneliness is detrimental to physical health, and is estimated to do as much harm to the body as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. “We’re a species that developed to be dependent on other people,” Sean Cahill, of Fenway Institute, said.