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Longtime HIV/AIDS activist and ACT UP founder Larry Kramer has changed his tune regarding PrEP and the HIV-blocking drug Truvada. In an open letter to Truvada manufacturer Gilead, Kramer joined activists Jim Eigo, Matt Ebert, James Krellenstein, and Peter Staley in praising the drug as an “essential public health tool” while taking the company to […]

A hugely important World AIDS Day announcement from new federal Health Minister Jane Philpott went virtually noticed and unreported – until PositiveLite.com was tipped off. How could this happen? Bob Leahy reports. It’s the news we have all been waiting for. But when it came it went virtually unnoticed. “Canada endorses the United Nations Joint

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), integration of prevention and treatment services, and initiatives to reach heavily affected but underserved groups are among the highlights of the 2015 National HIV Prevention Conference taking place this week in Atlanta. While the latest US epidemiological data show that HIV infections are on the decline overall, significant disparities have kept some

“While PrEP isn’t for everyone, any individual who thinks they are at risk of getting HIV should have easy access to it, without judgement.” On January 4, 1982, some 80 gay men met up in Larry Kramer’s Manhattan apartment to form what would become the GMHC. Over 30 years later, and in the same apartment

The Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership (BHP) said Monday that it is taking its HIV Prevention Trials Network studies to another level as it launches a new concept study that seeks to determine the effectiveness of passive infusion of antibodies in the prevention of HIV in young women in southern Africa.BHP is an organization that supports

What Did You Miss? Thousands of attendees from around the country are in Atlanta, Georgia this week to attend the 2015 National HIV Prevention Conference. For those who are not able to attend, check out daily conference highlights: Sunday, December 6th The opening plenary of CDC’s National HIV Prevention Conference (NHPC) drew over 3,000 scientists,

The fight against AIDS has definitely made considerable progress but formidable challenges confront the path to ending AIDS by 2030, as committed by the countries globally at 70th UN General Assembly in September 2015. The brutal irony is that despite knowing ‘what works in helping us progress towards AIDS’ the uptake of these evidence-based strategies

Dean Peacock from UCT’s School of Public Health writes in The Conversation about the lessons that can be learnt from two men’s stories: highlighting the need for lifesaving HIV services. What the death of two men teaches us about our blind spot in the AIDS responseAIDS memorial in Vienna, Austria. Image from Wikimedia Commons. Meet

In the 34 years since HIV was first identified by science, much has changed. It’s no longer just a matter of whether someone is HIV-positive or not — today, with medical advances, people living with HIV are living longer healthier lives and are less likely to transmit their infection and now there is a once

In July 1996, researchers, policymakers, and activists involved in the fight against HIV-AIDS met in Vancouver, Canada, for the 11th International Conference on AIDS. During that historic meeting, practitioners and patients heard evidence regarding a powerful weapon to stop the relentless onslaught of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV): combination antiretroviral therapy (ART), with a protease