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Studies Identify Barriers, Solutions in HIV Programs

June 8, 2020 | Pharmacy Times

Two studies from Flinders University have identified several underlying problems faced by HIV programs in African countries, including a lack of nutritional programs for poor patients and inefficient systems that discourage people from using them. Closing these gaps in care could improve access for those worse affected by HIV in developing countries.

A Long-Term Survivor’s Hope: End the HIV Epidemic

June 5, 2020 | POZ

The COVID-19-related death toll in the United States recently surpassed 100,000. Estimates for how many more people will die because of COVID-19 vary wildly. Some are describing this situation as unprecedented.

BC-CfE provides update on response to COVID-19, while teams lead new research into the virus

May 29, 2020 | BC-CfE

With BC currently in its longest-ever state of emergency, the BC-CfE continues to perform its critical work of promoting testing, treating and learning from people living with HIV (PLHIV), while carrying out epidemiological and infectious disease research and the mandate of Treatment as Prevention.

New research rewrites history of when Covid-19 took off in the U.S. — and points to missed chances to stop it

May 27, 2020 | STAT

New research has poured cold water on the theory that the Covid-19 outbreak in Washington state — the country’s first — was triggered by the very first confirmed case of the infection in the country. Instead, it suggests the person who ignited the first chain of sustained transmission in the United States probably returned to the country in mid-February, a month later.

Larry Kramer, groundbreaking author and Aids activist, dies aged 84

May 27, 2020 | The Guardian

The groundbreaking American writer and tireless activist for gay rights and a national effort to tackle the HIV/Aids crisis, Larry Kramer, has died in New York.

In praise of nursing, and nurses

May 12, 2020 | Mirage

Reflecting on a career spanning more than 40 years in nursing and midwifery, Burnet Institute Research Nurse, Kate Allardice smiles. “I am forever thankful that’s what I chose to do with my life,” she says.

Abbott coronavirus test is accurate; infected mother's breast milk may protect infants

May 8, 2020 | REUTERS

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The following is a brief roundup of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

Combination prevention for COVID-19

May 8, 2020 | Science

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has produced the fear and disorder inevitably provoked by emerging pathogens. As such, it should also inspire consideration of our experience with HIV over the past 40 years. As with HIV, the road to reducing infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, the cause of COVID-19), and attendant morbidity and mortality, requires medical and nonmedical strategies. The most important lesson learned from tackling HIV is to use a combination of prevention strategies.

UNAIDS urges countries to stay focused on HIV prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic

May 6, 2020 | UNAIDS

Overstretched health systems, lockdowns, loss of livelihoods and fewer employment opportunities could increase unprotected sex, sexual violence and exploitation, transactional sex and sex work, leading to an increase in new HIV infections

Canada not drawing ‘firm conclusions’ on theory virus escaped from China lab: Trudeau

May 3, 2020 | Global News

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is not drawing “firm conclusions” on allegations that the novel coronavirus — which has now caused devastation worldwide — came from a lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

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