HIV

• Is Canada’s HIV funding ‘complacent?’ Why experts say time is now for boost

  The 2023 budget fell short of offering new funding – and didn’t reference HIV once. Experts say now is a crucial time to amp up funding for treatments.

  Canada

  Apr 2
  
• 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
  
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• 3rd-ever person declared cured of HIV following stem cell treatment 

  The man was declared cured of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after his bone marrow cells were replaced with HIV-resistant stem cells from a donor.

  Trending

  Feb 21
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• Dalhousie University pilot project expands PrEP prescriptions to N.S. pharmacies

  Nova Scotia patients at high risk of HIV will be able to obtain PrEP medication from a pharmacist, who will also work the with Halifax Sexual Health Centre on bloodwork monitoring.

  Health

  Feb 21
• J&J scraps HIV vaccine trial: ‘Not the outcome we had hoped for’

  The trial involved administering two different types of a shot, which uses a cold-causing virus to deliver the genetic code of HIV, spread over four vaccination visits in a year.

  Health

  Jan 18
• Ontario court overturns HIV murder convictions, substitutes manslaughter verdicts

  Hamilton man Johnson Aziga was convicted in 2009 of the two counts of murder – believed to be the first convictions of their kind in Canada at the time.

  Canada

  Jan 10
• Héma-Québec now accepts blood donations from men who have sex with other men

  December 4 marks the end of the organization rule that states that men mustn't have had sex with other men for a period of three months in order to be eligible blood donors.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2022
• New project brings HIV, hep C and syphilis testing to pharmacies in N.S.

  It's estimated that about 10 per cent of people with HIV don't know they have it. Meanwhile, 40 per cent of those with hep C are unaware.

  Health

  Dec 1, 2022
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• World AIDS Day: HIV activists hopeful for end to backsliding on infections, stigma

  The Public Health Agency of Canada estimated that 62,790 people in Canada were living with HIV in 2020, and that 10 per cent of them didn't know they had the virus.

  Health

  Dec 1, 2022
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• Halifax region records increase in number of people diagnosed with HIV: Public Health

  The statement says those newly diagnosed with HIV have been primarily traced back to social circles based in the Halifax region.

  Health

  Oct 3, 2022