The 15th annual Caribbean Cytometry & Analytical Society’s (CCAS) expert summit, “From Care to Cure – Towards the Elimination of HIV”, launched last evening in St. Lucia. The summit brings together regional and international HIV experts to explore scientific innovations and social interventions that will accelerate progress toward ending the AIDS epidemic as a public […]
Things you need to know about the HIV breakthrough In recent years, the word undetectable has become omnipresent in most conversations about HIV. From laboratories and medical conferences to bathhouses and social media hashtags, the idea of undetectable viral load has changed the world of sexual safety. We now know that people who take regular
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Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) represent over half of people living with HIV in Canada, so this community stands to benefit from using TasP¨ as a highly effective strategy for HIV prevention.
I am an HIV-positive, 50-year-old gay man. I tested positive for HIV in 2013, when I was 45 years old. I seroconverted during the time of antiretrovirals and PrEP. Months after testing positive I was labeled “undetectable,” meaning that thanks to those antiretrovirals and access to good health care, I can no longer transmit the
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Daily antiretroviral therapy (ART) that suppresses HIV to levels undetectable by standard blood tests is lifesaving for individuals living with HIV and prevents sexual transmission of the virus to others. The public health community must use targeted interventions, however, to do a better job of reaching populations with low levels of viral suppression, according to
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Biomedical research demonstrating the benefits of taking HIV treatment to prevent HIV transmission (known as treatment as prevention, or TasP) has developed substantially in recent years. We are now able to say with confidence that an HIV-positive person who takes antiretroviral treatment (ART) and maintains an undetectable viral load cannot pass HIV to a sexual
The Terrence Higgins Trust says it is “an embarrassment” that it must fund access to pre-exposure prophylaxis for people in England and Northern Ireland who cannot access or afford the drug. A leading HIV and sexual health charity has announced that it will launch a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) access fund in autumn 2018 to support
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WONG’S WAY: Cantonese opera master Hoi Seng Leong appeared at the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Classical Chinese Garden recently with Yuk Fung Cheung, who is a student at his Richmond-based academy. They performed the Fragrant Sacrifice finale from The Flower Princess, which some call China’s Romeo and Juliet story. As in Shakespeare’s day, Cantonese opera long
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A Missouri House of Representatives candidate is claiming that being gay takes 20-30 years off your life, and he might just win. The candidate, 65-year-old Hardy Billington, is running to represent Poplar Bluff, a city in Butler County. This area voted heavily for Trump, and because Billington is the only Republican candidate, he looks likely
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Mercredi 25 juillet, c’est un enjeu crucial pour la vie des personnes qui a t discut à la confrence d’Amsterdam. Dans le monde, les lois criminalisant la transmission voire la simple exposition au VIH restent lgion. La communaut scientifique runie à Amsterdam a voulu raffirmer la primaut des faits et des preuves scientifique, et combattre
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