Experts worry about consequences of Trump’s HIV/AIDS council firings
“Is this a signal that they’re moving away from evidence-based policy?" From Healio, this report. To read the complete story visit Healio, here. The AIDS czar under former U.S. President Barack Obama...
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Porn actor had condomless sex with HIV positive co-star to prove he wouldn’t...
"I chose to do this to reinforce confidence that PrEP works even in “high risk” events.," says Jason Domino. From OutNews Global, Andy West reports. To read the complete story by Andy West and look at...
View ArticlePublic forum: making all the tools better to prevent HIV
Hear an update of how Toronto can end HIV transmissions. Leading Toronto researchers and clinicians invite you to a discussion of how HIV prevention tools are improving and combine to get us to zero...
View ArticleReport highlights the need to clean the conversation around drug use
The report, titled The World Drug PERCEPTION Problem was released on Tuesday by the Global Commission on Drug Policy. From The Globe and Mail, Andrea Woo reports. A naloxone anti-overdose kit is shown...
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We can finally say it’s not all about condoms
From FS Magazine, Matthew Hodson: "It’s taken us years to get this far, let’s not waste any more time." New data released by Public Health England showed that HIV diagnoses across the country had...
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Attitudes towards men who ‘bareback’ are a barrier to wider use of PrEP
From NAM AIDSmap, Roger Pebody reports on two Toronto studies that shed light on how PrEP stigma is affecting PrEP uptake. Two new qualitative studies from Toronto shed light on how stigma affects the...
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U=U laggards draw fire from the community
The Global U=U picture is good, but community activists are stepping up the heat on organizations which have been slow to embrace it. Today the spotlight is on Greater than AIDS, GNP+ and in Canada,...
View ArticleCommon birth control shot linked to risk of HIV infection
Research indicates alternative contraception methods may help protect women. Washington, DC - Transitioning away from a popular contraceptive shot known as DMPA could help protect women in Sub-Saharan...
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Happy new year. Being marked by Big City Living
Toronto poz guy Dennis Battler: 'Hi Robert To bring you up to date I've attached a "summary" of sorts ... Possibly this review sent to a friend could be manipulated into an article. Today's word is...
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Long-acting injectable ARVs are convenient and private, study participants...
From NAM aidsmap, Roger Pebody reports on two studies, one using long-acting injectables as TasP and one using them as PrEP. HIV-positive people who took injectable cabotegravir + rilpivirine every...
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The Hierarchy of HIV
Michael Yoder: "We pay a lot of lip service to the equality of people living with HIV, but a lot of times we don't actually practice that vision." “Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we...
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So you tested positive for HIV
Kimutai Kemboi of Kenya offers his best advice for those newly diagnosed with HIV. So you tested for HIV a few hours, days, weeks, months or years ago and you found out that you are HIV-positive. I...
View ArticleThe power of "no"
From FS Magazine, Hadley Stewart: "Despite having consented to sex, we don’t necessarily make it clear what we’re consenting to. How able do you feel to negotiate in the bedroom?" If, like me, you’ve...
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The Diva Flu
Patrick Ettenes Happy 2018 everyone! I trust that everyone had a great New Year celebration without any drama? I laugh, as of course I didn’t and pushing forward, I will discuss that drama one day in...
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PrEP’s social impact on the lives of some gay men in Toronto
Researchers in Toronto conducted a PrEP demonstration project to assess its acceptability, use and effectiveness. From CATIE, Sean R. Hosein reports. - Researchers interviewed early adopters of PrEP...
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I’m a bad patient
Bob Leahy on those who stumble on the way to managing one’s health in the manner we are told to, and how he has got used to being a “bad” patient Colour me bad When I was diagnosed in 1993, I...
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For auld lang syne: a letter to HIV-negative me
Isaac D. Joseph addresses his former, HIV-negative self: "My beautiful black sheep, be unapologetically proud of who you are..." It has been five years since that day you were attacked and raped and...
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Faster action on adherence is needed after viral load becomes detectable,...
“Our results show that any detectable viral load between 51 and 999 copies per ml leads to poorer treatment outcomes than successful virological suppression of less than 50 copies per ml,” write the...
View ArticlePublic forum: making all the tools better to prevent HIV
Hear an update of how Toronto can end HIV transmissions. Leading Toronto researchers and clinicians invite you to a discussion of how HIV prevention tools are improving and combine to get us to zero...
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French study confirms the safety and effectiveness of varenicline for...
Varenicline (combined with counselling) can clearly help some HIV-positive people to quit smoking. From CATIE, Sean R. Hosein reports. - People living with HIV are known to be at increased risk for...
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