The Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks” blog continues its coverage of the 2015 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections taking place this week in Seattle, Washington.

Science Speaks: Ambassador Birx talks about the tyranny of averages, actionable data, and “skeptical optimism” (Barton, 2/25).
Science Speaks: Amid challenges facing HIV-infected children, “Breather” study offers teenagers hope for a break (Barton, 2/25).
Science Speaks: Breastfeeding women in Africa with HIV go undiagnosed (Lubinski, 2/25).
Science Speaks: Direct transmission of XDR-TB is dominant in South Africa (Lubinski, 2/25).
Science Speaks: Trial to evaluate the use of health navigators to link HIV/TB patients to care and treatment fails to show positive results (Lubinski, 2/25).

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