Lose some or gain some... embracing my new life
From the Philippines, Billy Santo says, "I am simply satisfied with what I have at the moment and where I am right now." Many things have been lost since I was diagnosed and disclosed myself with HIV...
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That time 37 years ago I won a car on The Price is Right
Mark S. King: "Year after year I’ve seen that video and find myself pulling farther away from the image on my television screen..." When I was nineteen years old, I vacationed to Los Angeles and won a...
View ArticleIf you just found out you are HIV-positive...
CATIE's must-read information for the newly diagnosed. Finding out you have HIV may be a shock. You do not have to go through this alone: There is help. With ongoing treatment, care and support, HIV...
View ArticleSTI rates in PrEP users very high, but evidence that PrEP increases them is...
AIDSmap.com's Gus Cairns: Modelling study predicts STI rates will fall with regular testing A study of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) users presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and...
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PrEP – the regulatory pathway and steps to equitable access
Not there yet. From CTAC’s Jack Mohr and Gordon Shallard-Brown, a guest post on the steps required to make PrEP affordable and accessible in Canada Truvada as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly...
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Passing the torch in high style.
Félix Garmendía recalls Bill, the man who taught him that self presentation is self celebration -- and that both are important. I used to see him very often in the neighborhood. I didn’t even know his...
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Is HIV stigma killing us?
Rob Olver investigates “Stigma and suicide among gay and bisexual men living with HIV”, a study by Olivier Ferlatte, Travis Salway, John L. Oliffe & Terry Trussler and finds the answer to be an...
View ArticleFrom the Canadian AIDS Society (CAS), a plea to the Minister for an urgent...
A letter to the Minister of Health re the Community Action Fund. CAS says ”the process is placing many organizations across Canada in peril — some to the point of possibly closing their doors.” (Read...
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HIV Criminalization in Canada by the numbers
The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network just published a report which sheds light on HIV non-dsclosure cases in Canada - who, where and when people have been charged and what were the outcomes. It's a...
View ArticleStudies look at brain and cognitive changes in people with HIV as they age
From AIDSmap, Liz Highleyman reports on several studies looking into the efffects of HIV on brain function. People with HIV often show persistent signs of cognitive impairment and abnormalities in...
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Bruce Richman brings the U=U message to Toronto April 5
Your chance to learn more about the impact of undetectable viral load and the issues it raises in a community forum at ACT It's official. Bruce Richman is coming to Canada next month to talk U=U...
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The importance of staying busy
Our L.A. correspondent Kengi deals with bereavement and stress by keeping busy - and does some great work in the process. I’m sitting down to write this post, because on those rare occasions when...
View ArticleFree public legal education workshops at HALCO, April and May 2017.
Everyone is welcome to attend these general interest workshops but space is limited so Registration is required. Our free public legal education workshops are held in person at the Specialty Legal...
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Where is the vision for HIV community leadership in tumultuous times?
From TheBody.com, Andrew Spieldenner, Ph.D.: " I am a gay man of color openly living with HIV, and I no longer see a place for my kind of leadership in HIV agencies." We are in tumultuous times. Just...
View ArticleThe irony of aging: the HIV/AIDS seniors conference
Mark S. King reports on the upcoming HIV/AIDS Seniors Conference in Fort Lauderdale and has his fridge raided by Nelson Vergel. Thirty-two years ago this month, I received a phone call from a nurse at...
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A forum on HIV, rehabilitation and episodic illness: a personal account.
Rob Olver goes to Envision Forum 2017, presented by Bruce House in Ottawa on March 22-23. "Since it was established in 1988, Bruce House has provided critical resources and support to Ottawa residents...
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Music therapy
"There is definitely something to this," says Wayne Bristow. Note to self: “Just when you tell yourself to slow down, you sign up for something more. But I have to hand it to you, this one might be...
View ArticleJust call it what it is: Trump colluded – and is colluding –with a hostile...
Michael Bouldin in NYC: "Donald Trump is in some form we don’t know yet a Russian asset." This is really a basic case of Occam’s Razor: why exactly is every single top administration or Trump campaign...
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Ottawa’s EnvisionForum from Bruce House highlighted major issues facing aging...
Conference report: Bob Leahy and the takeaway messages from Ottawa that point to an uncertain future for the aging HIV population. Time bomb I much enjoyed going to Ottawa last week for The Bruce...
View ArticleHIV’s milder cousin may be less mild than previously thought
Gus Cairns: Seventy per cent of people with HIV-2 progress to AIDS within 20 years HIV-2’s virulence may have been underestimated and although progression to AIDS and death in HIV-2 infection was...
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