HIV

• Touting better HIV treatment, Toronto service organization closing after 42 years

  An organization that bills itself as Canada’s oldest HIV service agency says it will close next year, in part due to groundbreaking medical advances that have reduced its need.

  Health

  Sep 12
  
• Advocates against HIV criminalization decry Carney silence on reform Trudeau promised

  HIV advocates say Ottawa’s delay in reforming disclosure laws is fuelling stigma and fear, nearly a decade after the Liberals first pledged change.

  Canada

  Aug 23
  
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• Canada must renew support to fight AIDS, TB abroad, advocates urge

  Several Canadian civil society organizations are calling on Ottawa to invest $1.37 billion over three years for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

  Health

  Jul 21
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• HIV programs’ U.S. funding must be replaced to avoid millions of deaths: UN

  United Nations officials warn that if the funding isn’t replaced, it could lead to more than four million AIDS-related deaths and six million more HIV infections by 2029.

  Health

  Jul 10
• ‘Monumental’ HIV shot could be coming to Canada. What we know

  Health-care experts and advocates say Gilead's HIV prevention shot could be a "wonder drug," but there are concerns about accessiblity.

  Canada

  Jun 24
• The U.S. OKs twice-a-year HIV prevention shot. Could it end transmission?

  The shot nearly eliminated new infections in two groundbreaking studies of people at high risk, better than daily preventive pills they can forget to take.

  Health

  Jun 19
• 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