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Guidance for the use of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV acquisition in British Columbia

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Flashback: Anthony Fauci on the HIV Epidemic 10 Years Ago

By Fernando

This year, the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) was held in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. For the first in our video coverage series for 2020’s meeting, we’re revisiting a feature from 10 years ago on the future of HIV research, which is not so different from the

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This is not the time to give up, says SA HIV advocates

By Fernando

South African HIV advocates say there is an urgent need for the government to make PrEP available to everyone who needs it This comes after the announcement made earlier this week by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) about the non-efficacy of the HIV-prevention vaccine in the HVTN 702 clinical trial. Speaking

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Increased use of and confidence in antiretroviral PrEP for prevention of HIV found

By Fernando

More gay and bisexual men are using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with increased confidence in the benefits of HIV treatment for prevention, according to a UNSW study. Significantly more gay and bisexual men are using the antiretroviral drug PrEP to prevent HIV infection, according to the latest report from the PrEPARE Project. The national online

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PrEP Patient Information Sheet

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PrEP Use Up 500 Percent In Just Three Years

By Fernando

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that PrEP among at-risk men increased 500 percent between 2014 to 2017. And those numbers are expected to rise following Gilead Sciences’ new commitment to donate up to 2.4 million bottles of Truvada to the CDC by 2030 (which amounts to 200,000 per year). The study is

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Drugmaker Gilead Is Making HIV Prevention Meds More Accessible

By Fernando

Earlier this month, pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences announced that it will donate enough HIV prevention drug Truvada to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to benefit 200,000 people at risk for HIV. While news of the announcement was met positively, it also came ahead of some other negative headlines surrounding the drugmaker, coupled

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Education key to HIV awareness among youth

Uncategorized / By Fernando

There is a generation gap when it comes to knowing and understanding HIV prevention. Young gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men (YGBM) in BC are less likely to be aware of some HIV prevention and treatment options compared to older men, according to a recently published BC-CfE study.

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Overview: PrEP Prescription Process

By Fernando

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They Found a Better Way to Get Latinx Miami on PrEP

By Fernando

When the United Nations Commission on Human Rights declared last year that Venezuela was in “a downward spiral with no end in sight,” Marco Torrealba knew exactly what that meant. A former corporate journalist, Torrealba fled Venezuela in 2015 leaving behind his family, friends, and career. “I grew up in a very poor area in

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