Is cannabis use related to mental health symptoms among gbMSM diagnosed with anxiety or depression?
How have attitudes towards Treatment as Prevention (TasP) among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men changed over time?
What are the patterns of alcohol consumption among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Metro Vancouver, Canada?
HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM) living in Vancouver, Canada are redefining ways to negotiate sexual safety and risk, according to qualitative research recently published by Dr Benjamin Klassen and colleagues in BMC Public Health. Condoms are no longer seen as the only means of preventing HIV infection. Biomedical prevention strategies – including
HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM) living in Vancouver, Canada are redefining ways to negotiate sexual safety and risk, according to qualitative research recently published by Dr Benjamin Klassen and colleagues in BMC Public Health. Condoms are no longer seen as the only means of preventing HIV infection. Biomedical prevention strategies – including
More than 60,000 Canadians and 37 million people worldwide are living with HIV. In the early days of HIV and AIDS, there was enormous fear and discrimination – to the extent that in British Columbia politicians debated quarantining individuals with HIV. Since then, the arc of scientific progress on HIV has been swift. But HIV-related
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Just two years ago, UNAIDS announced a window of opportunity to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 by fast-tracking towards meeting the 90-90-90 Target. There was tempered optimism this ambitious goal was within reach. Now, the international HIV community is experiencing a sense of urgency: complacency is moving us perilously close to an HIV rebound.
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The Momentum Health Study reveals the most common reasons for testing-or not testing for HIV-among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.
What are the driving factors behind gay and bisexual men’s decision to test or not test for HIV?
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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