HIV is no longer a death sentence in B.C. While experts view it as a “chronic manageable condition,” stigma and an increase in non-AIDS-related illness and mortality remain a concern. That’s why on Dec. 1 – to coincide with World AIDS Day – Dr. Julio Montaner, director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, […]
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Held each year since 1988, today, December 1 marks the celebration of World AIDS Day. With the theme “Getting to zero” this year, signifying zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero aids-related deaths, the day gives an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their solidarity for people living
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Thirty years ago, fear of AIDS was at its height. The year 1985 brought the first commercial blood test to detect HIV, the military began testing recruits for the virus, and the first international AIDS conference convened in Atlanta. The actor Rock Hudson shocked the world when he announced he had the disease and died
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About 16,000 Canadians are living with HIV and don’t know it, according to statistics from Canada’s Public Health Agency (PHAC). That figure has prompted health experts to call for increased testing and more proactive treatment to reach people who haven’t been diagnosed and prevent them from spreading the illness to others. Dec. 1 marks World
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About 16,000 Canadians are living with HIV and don’t know it, according to statistics from Canada’s Public Health Agency (PHAC). That figure has prompted health experts to call for increased testing and more proactive treatment to reach people who haven’t been diagnosed and prevent them from spreading the illness to others. Dec. 1 marks World
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Cuando los pacientes se adhieren a su rgimen de medicamentos, pueden casi eliminar el riesgo de transmisión del virus a sus parejas. El mundo se comprometió a poner fin a la epidemia del sida para 2030, la meta aprobada este año por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU). ¿Pero es realista o incluso posible?
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The disclosure by HIV-positive actor Charlie Sheen’s ex-girlfriend that she took a pill to prevent her from getting the disease has focused attention on Truvada. The pill, which has been shown to reduce infection in HIV-negative partners of those with HIV by more than 90 per cent, is approved for that purpose in the U.S.
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The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is launching a new initiative that aims to maximize the longevity of people living with HIV. Two decades ago, Dr. Julio Montaner’s biggest concern for people with HIV was keeping them alive. Today, the director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS says he is grateful to
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Even before doctors determined that the source of her baby girl’s illness was HIV, Denise Wozniak remembered thinking: “The worst thing it could have been was AIDS.” She recalled the U.S. movie Philadelphia starring Tom Hanks, a lawyer who was shunned after he got the disease, was playing at theatres at the time and her
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