Hiv Treatment

• ‘Zero approvals’: HIV drug less accessible in B.C., doctor says

  British Columbians with HIV have less access than other Canadians to a long-lasting injectable drug that would make treating their conditions easier.

  Health

  Nov 12, 2023
  
• Gene discovery by Canadian researchers ‘major breakthrough’ in HIV research: PHAC

  PHAC researchers and partners found the genetic variants that impact a human gene called CHD1L, which restricts HIV replication. It's a major breakthrough in HIV research.

  Health

  Aug 2, 2023
  
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• AIDS Vancouver launches campaign to have injectable HIV treatment covered in B.C.

  AIDS Vancouver has launched a campaign – asking the B.C. government to approve an alternative.

  Health

  Mar 19, 2023
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• Head of World Health Organization tells Montreal conference progress on HIV at risk

  Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says COVID-19, inflation and cuts to foreign aid by wealthy countries are deepening the divide between rich and poor nations.

  Canada

  Aug 1, 2022
• Moderna begins trial of HIV vaccine that uses mRNA technology

  Moderna credits mRNA technology for potentially shaving years off typical vaccine development times. First doses of the vaccine have been administered in a clinical trial.

  Health

  Jan 27, 2022
• Experts explore multitude of strategies to curb opioid poisoning crisis

  It's been a deadly year for opioid poisonings in Alberta, and some experts say it's time to bring in new tool, and revisit old ones, to combat the crisis.

  Health

  Dec 28, 2021
• Western-led latent reservoir study yields promising results in fight to cure HIV

  The hope, researchers say, is that the findings will lead to targeted cure strategies and treatments for HIV.

  Health

  Jul 10, 2020
• HIV rates still rising in Canada, but treatment is simpler, safer and effective

  Close to 27 percent of Canadians who are HIV-positive do not know. If caught right after infection, life expectancy for those living with HIV in Canada has increased and treatment is safer and well tolerated.

  Health

  Nov 17, 2015
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• HIV treatment for babies promising, but not yet a ‘cure’: researchers

  Four HIV-infected children treated right after birth show no detectable virus but its resurgence in a fifth who stopped medication means it's too soon to talk of an HIV "cure," say Canadian researchers.

  Canada

  May 3, 2014