HIV/AIDS was once a death sentence but the virus is now treatable Artist Tiko Kerr pulls down a large cardboard box from a shelf in his East Vancouver studio. It’s overflowing with empty pill bottles. “These are my meds. This is what keeps me alive.” The prominent artist was nearly killed by HIV, the virus

If any heroes emerge from the COVID-19 outbreak, one of them will likely be a man widely considered one of the heroes of the AIDS epidemic – Anthony Fauci. Fauci, who has been unafraid to speak the truth about the new coronavirus strain and counter the misinformation put out by Donald Trump, has been director

HIV treatment as prevention, as measured in community-level viral suppression, was strongly associated with a large drop in the number of new HIV infections among gay and bisexual men in Australia, even before PrEP was available. This study was presented by Dr Denton Callander from the University of New South Wales yesterday at the Conference

As community viremia declined, so did the incidence of HIV infection among gay and bisexual men in a 6-year Australian study, researchers reported. The findings, presented during CROI, provide “compelling evidence that treatment as prevention can achieve population-level ‘big picture’ public health goals around reducing new cases of HIV among gay and bisexual men,” Denton

It was the early 2000s, and I was still a teenager. I wasn’t out yet. I was so angry when Billy died because I didn’t understand. Billy didn’t have to die, but he couldn’t afford the medication he needed to save his life, and he couldn’t get insurance because of discrimination against people with preexisting

Gracias a los avances en el diagnóstico y tratamiento del VIH, las personas que viven con la infección pueden llevar una vida normal y alejada del estigma. En diálogo con Infobae, la mirada de un experto La infección por VIH sigue siendo un problema de salud. A pesar de los avances de la ciencia que

HIV is a manageable chronic disease and is more preventable than ever before! From getting tested and knowing your status, to preventative options like PrEP and PEP, here are a few options to consider adding to your HIV prevention toolkit! Get Tested. Getting tested for HIV and STIs is the first step in anyone’s HIV

Are the days when LGBTQ+ communities stormed the gates of power in direct action long behind us? Some of us lived through the Stonewall rebellion of 1969, the Toronto bathhouse raids in 1981 and other global examples of resisting and fighting oppression. Then the HIV/AIDS crisis of the late ‘80s and ’90s hit: LGBTQ+ activists,

Antiretroviral Therapy to Prevent Sexual Transmission of HIV (Treatment as Prevention) Clinical trials have shown that using effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) to consistently suppress plasma HIV RNA levels to

John Cameron has been giving back to his community for more than four decades – doing everything from running support groups for people with AIDS, organizing awareness events and just driving people to medical appointments. Cameron said he was “one of the lucky ones” to survive full-blown AIDS and hepatitis B – thanks to his

What’s New in the Guidelines? Antiretroviral Therapy to Prevent Sexual Transmission of HIV (Treatment as Prevention) Clinical trials have shown that using effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) to consistently suppress plasma HIV RNA levels to

Use of the HIV prevention drug is associated with lower levels of anxiety about contracting HIV. But for gay men who remember AIDS, the specter of HIV is a hard ghost to shake. When HIV first tore into America’s gay male community in the early 1980s, quotidian questions of sex, love, lust and trust transformed

A recent Australian study found that gay couples’ agreements regarding casual sex outside their relationships have changed markedly in the era of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Nearly 40% of PrEP users in relationships had agreements that allowed for condomless sex with casual partners. Additionally, 34% of PrEP users engaged in condomless casual sex despite being in

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told an audience of mostly legislative aides to members of Congress at a Dec. 5 congressional briefing on Capitol Hill that scientific advances have made it possible to end the HIV epidemic in the United States within the next decade if not

Two recent US studies find growing awareness and acceptability of the Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) message among men who have sex with men (MSM). However, a misunderstanding of transmission risk remains, with many still believing that HIV-positive partners can transmit the virus sexually, despite having an undetectable viral load. While over half of a large

The virus was once seen as a death sentence. But life has changed for those diagnosed in the UK – and one of the biggest remaining problems is social attitudes When Claire Horn went for a sexual health check in April 2005, the last thing she expected was to be diagnosed with HIV. She was