AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) welcomed the news last week of an 18% decline in HIV infections in the United States between 2008 and 2014, but is questioning some of the conclusions drawn by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials regarding the role of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), in particular, in the decline. In addition, […]
Bob Leahy and the myth that because PrEP very occasionally has failed, the reliability of a sustained undetectable viral load as an effective prevention strategy for people living with HIV needs questioning The HIV world was jumping, if not jittery, last week, with a third case of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) failure reported, this time,
Don’t be fooled: PrEP failures imply nothing about U = U Read More »
An outreach nurse with the Interior Health Authority shares her story.
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SEATTLE — Unrestricted use of new direct-acting agents against hepatitis C (HCV) can markedly reduce the rate of new infections, a researcher said here. That’s based on analysis of what happened in the Netherlands among gay men with both HIV and HCV when unlimited access to the new, highly effective agents was rolled out in
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An image of the moment I was diagnosed HIV positive remains vivid in my mind. The feelings and emotions that ran through my body like a lightening bolt that day are not easily forgotten. They will be with me forever, as will my feeling of infectiousness upon hearing the words that have played in my
In this issue, HCV Next asks five questions of Anita Howe, PhD, scientific leader for hepatitis C at the British Columbia Center for Excellence for HIV/AIDS. Howe completed her PhD in Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Alberta, Canada. Her main area of focus was nucleoside inhibitors against hepatitis B virus. A fellowship
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While their guidelines are effective, they sometimes don’t feel realistic for queer people According to the Centres for Disease Control (CDC), the only way to reduce the risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including gonorrhea is to avoid vaginal, anal or oral sex altogether. That’s not an option for most of us, particularly those
Are public health recommendations sex-negative? Read More »
The HIV/AIDS story illustrates how attitudes in society can change, and that progress is possible with collective action. President John F. Kennedy’s challenge to the United States to land a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s propelled an unprecedented wave of innovation and expertise in science that is still felt today.
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A new walk-in clinic for people with opioid addictions and other health issues including HIV and hepatitis C is opening in the Downtown Eastside. The clinic, called Connections, will be accessible through a door on the alley at an expanded Hope to Health Research Centre at 625 Powell. People will be able to walk into
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