HIV

• Nova Scotia expanding STI home testing to include HIV screening

  Nova Scotia Health is expanding its STI home-testing kit program to include HIV screening. It has been offering chlamydia and gonorrhea testing since last summer.

  Health

  May 9
  
• Potential HIV, hepatitis exposure at Toronto gynecology clinic has patients worried

  The letter said patients who received endometrial biopsies, IUD insertions or had cervical growths removed at the clinic should get tested for potential infection.

  Health

  Mar 11
  
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• Here’s what happens to the body when HIV medication is stopped

  Now the Trump administration has put the brakes on foreign aid while alleging it's wasteful, causing chaos in the system that for over 20 years has kept millions of people alive

  Health

  Feb 13
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• B.C. men with HIV live longer than women: study

  Antiretroviral treatment has increased the life expectancy of people living with HIV in British Columbia but a new study shows it is significantly lower for women than men.

  Health

  Feb 7
• Vancouver-based artist and activist Joe Average dies at age 67

  Joe Average, a Vancouver-based artist and activist whose works have been featured on murals, coins, banners and stamps, died on Christmas Eve at the age of 67.

  Canada

  Dec 28, 2024
• Saskatchewan continues to see highest rate of HIV infection in Canada

  As Saskatchewan battles high rates of HIV and AIDS, advocates are urging health officials to do more to offer support to people living with the conditions.

  Health

  Dec 2, 2024
• B.C.’s HIV, AIDS rates hit historic lows 6 months ago. So why are they rising again?

  Dr. Julio Montaner said more often than not, people were coming into the province with HIV diagnoses from elsewhere in Canada or abroad.

  Health

  Sep 25, 2024
• How one U of R researcher developed new therapy to help Indigenous people living with HIV

  AIDS Programs South Saskatchewan said more than 2,500 people are living with HIV in the province and that number increasing at a rate four times the national average.

  Health

  Aug 27, 2024
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• 3 women diagnosed with HIV after ‘vampire facials’ at unlicensed U.S. spa

  This marks the first time that HIV transmission through cosmetic injection services has been documented.

  Trending

  Apr 26, 2024
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• Possible HIV cure 1 step closer to human trials: Ontario researchers

  One of the takeaways from the research is the ability to reawaken the latent HIV that hides in the immune cells of people who have been adhering to other treatment for many years.

  Health

  Mar 27, 2024