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People not taking HIV treatment feel under pressure to ‘do the right thing’

Australian people living with HIV who have chosen not to take antiretrovirals and who have doubts about HIV medicine report feeling excluded and silenced within HIV organisations and communities, according to a qualitative study published online ahead of print by Medical Anthropology Quarterly. In general, the interviewees did not deny the benefits of antiretrovirals, but

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Highlights from CROI 2016

If there’s one big international HIV conference that’s still worth following, it’s CROI. Geoff Honnor reports on this year’s highlights. There was a time long ago, way back in the late 1990s, when the proceedings of international HIV conferences were of compelling interest to the body positive here in NSW. The biennial World AIDS Conference

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Contra el virus HIV/SIDA

Un científico argentino estaría muy cerca de derrotar el virus del VIH/Sida. Se trata del Dr. Julio Montaner. Descubrió el “cóctel antirretroviral o de triple terapia”, la clave para transformar el manejo de la enfermedad. Montaner dedicó los últimos veinte años de su vida científica a investigar sobre el VIH/sida. Supo cómo sitiar al virus

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Hepatitis C Epidemic in North America Peaked Between 1940 and 1965

The spread of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in North America peaked between 1940 and 1965, according to research published in the March 30 advance edition of Lancet Infectious Diseases. The investigators attribute the rapid spread of the infection to hospital transmissions and reuse of medical injection equipment rather than risky behaviors such as injection drugs,

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The British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Laboratory has discontinued gp-41 resistance testing as T-20 (enfuvirtide/Fuzeon) is no longer available in Canada as of March 31, 2025