HCV Behind Bars: Part 1

LifeGuide Treatment Behind Bars Part I: Who pays for direct-acting antiretrovirals in prisons? by Larry Buhl The new class of direct-acting antiretrovirals (DAAs) that have revolutionized treatment of…

HTVN 702: Vaccine Candidate

Step Forward Vaccine candidates like HTVN 702 are needed to build momentum by Jeannie Wraight If current HIV diagnoses rates persist, about 1 in 2 black men…

Broad Spectrum Antivirals: Part I

Spectrum Analysis Broad spectrum antivirals shift the drug model paradigm by Jeannie Wraight The recent spread of emerging pandemic viruses such as Zika and Ebola has increased…

Direct-Acting Antivirals & HCV

Hep Talk by Larry Buhl Two Agents New direct-acting antivirals cross a major hurdle                       The Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…

Calling Out the Media’s Racism & Xenophobia: HIV Is Not a…

Color Blind A new report documents racism and xenophobia in HIV non-disclosure media coverage in Canada by Larry Buhl A new report documents the anti-Black and anti-immigrant…

Sweet Heart

A statin challenges the drug interaction status quo by Chael Needle LifeGuide Maintaining appropriate levels of lipids (fats or fat-like substances in the blood)—“good” cholesterol (HDL-C),…

Early Bird

Study results show immediate treatment holds promise as a prevention tool by Chael Needle Treatment and prevention make good bedfellows. That’s the idea underscoring the results…

MSF Access Campaign

Without Borders A global campaign for providing low-cost HCV care rolls out by Larry Buhl Last year UNITAID funded two grants to increase access to new treatments…

Finding Relief

Approximately thirty to sixty percent of people living with HIV and on antiretroviral therapy (ARVs) experience diarrhea. Reoccurring and frequent diarrhea is often reluctantly…

IV Drug Users & HIV Vaccine Response

Everyone Counts Differences in intravenous drug users may affect their response to an HIV vaccine by Jeannie Wraight Prevention strategies such as Treatment as Prevention, PrEP, syringe…

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