Treatment as Prevention¨

No one disputes that the ideal outcome is for people to stop using drugs. But that can’t happen instantly To those uninitiated in the global fight against the opioid crisis, the idea of delivering safe opioids through vending machines might sound ridiculous, counterintuitive and even dangerous. The idea was raised late last year by Dr. […]

Although the world has come a long way since HIV was first recognized, the goal of eradicating the virus once and for all has not yet been realized. Hope remains, however, as individuals in the health care sector continue to dedicate their efforts to at least achieving the 90-90-90 targets laid out by the United

Since its launch in 2016, a hepatitis C elimination program in Iceland has treated approximately 56% to 70% of the estimated viremic population with direct-acting antivirals, according to a recently published update. “The idea was to offer DAAs to all HCV-positive patients within an entire population within a relatively short time frame and simultaneously initiate

Numerous studies have found that the use of potent combination anti-HIV therapy (ART) strengthens the immune system and overall health. ART does this by gradually reducing the amount of HIV produced to very low levels-commonly called “undetectable.” This then allows the immune system to partially repair itself. The benefit of ART is so profound that

Oren Adamson received a prescription for pre-exposure prophylaxis treatment in July of last year. Also known as PrEP, the once daily pill is believed to reduce the risk of contracting HIV by more than 90 per cent. Health Canada approved PrEP in the form of the drug Truvada last year, but it has remained too

PrEP may be free now, but who can access it? Soon after Nagata Prescott began dating an HIV-positive man, he received a rare offer. He could take a drug that would prevent him from contracting the virus – for free. This was two months before the BC government agreed to pay for the pre-exposure prophylaxis

Although Northern Health’s overall trend in newly identified HIV diagnoses has been declining since it peaked in 2004, there are still about 10 newly identified cases every year in the region. Between 2010 and 2014, there were 76 new cases of HIV infections in the Northern Health region. Since 2014, there have been 33 new

People with HIV over the age of 50 are more likely to have developed type 2 diabetes if they started antiretroviral treatment before 1999 or had a longer exposure to older antiretroviral drugs such as stavudine (d4T) or first-generation protease inhibitors such as nelfinavir or indinavir, according to a study of people receiving HIV care