Study published Friday shows that virus spiked as people had less access to services in early 2020 A new study says reduced access to HIV services amid early COVID-19 closures in British Columbia was associated with a “sharp increase” in HIV transmission among some drug users. The study by University of British Columbia researchers says that […]
A new study led by researchers at UBC and the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) is shedding light on how COVID-19 pandemic restrictions impacted another long-standing public health threat — HIV. The study, published in the Lancet Regional Health – Americas, examined HIV transmission during B.C.’s initial COVID-19 lockdown (March 22 to May
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A new study led by researchers at UBC and the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) is shedding light on how COVID-19 pandemic restrictions impacted another long-standing public health threat – HIV. The study, published in the Lancet Regional Health – Americas, examined HIV transmission during B.C.’s initial COVID-19 lockdown (March 22 to May
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Infections caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant are common among individuals who have recovered from prior infection or have been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Omicron has quickly overtaken the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant as the dominant circulating strain globally. Currently, the original Omicron strain is
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Moderna vaccine as a third dose produced especially strong responses People with undetectable HIV who received SARS-CoV-2 vaccines didn’t experience faster antibody declines than people without HIV after two vaccine doses and had equivalent or better antibody responses compared to a control group after a third dose, especially those who received the Moderna vaccine as
Since opening in late 2019, the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS’ (BC-CfE) Hope to Health Research and Innovation Complex (H2H) has offered comprehensive health care to residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. For H2H clients, holistic means a team of healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, social workers, and peer research associates, will help with not
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66 cases have been identified in the province so far and experts fear it is more transmissible than the original strain. A new sub-lineage of the Omicron coronavirus variant is spreading across Europe at a concerning rate and 66 cases have been identified so far in B.C. Scientists and health officials around the world are keeping their
Dr Artem Babaian, a former post-doctoral student in medical genetics at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada and now a Banting Fellow at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, together with his mountain-climbing partner, Jeff Taylor, a UBC engineering student, knew that scientists had isolated 15,000 viruses that could infect humans,
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There is currently no cure for HIV because the virus is able to persist in the body even during long-term antiretroviral therapy. BC-CfE scientists have published new research that characterizes in detail the HIV sequences that persist in the bodies of viremic controllers. Viremic controllers are a rare group of people whose immune systems naturally control HIV replication to low levels, but who nevertheless still benefit from antiretroviral therapy. This new research adds to the body of knowledge that is needed to develop an HIV cure.
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Overall, vaccines are highly effective, but some folks are at risk for poorer response. Studies of COVID-19 outcomes among people living with HIV have yielded conflicting results, but some show that HIV-positive people are at greater risk for severe illness and death. Many people with HIV are older and have other chronic health conditions, and
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The BC-CfE Laboratory is streamlining reporting processes for certain tests in order to simplify distribution and record-keeping, and to ensure completeness of results. Beginning September 2, 2025, results for the ‘Resistance Analysis of HIV-1 Protease and Reverse Transcriptase’ (Protease-RT) and ‘HIV-1 Integrase Resistance Genotype’ tests will be combined into a single ‘HIV-1 Resistance Genotype Report’.
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