A Story of On Woman’s Infection With HIV
Reports in Australian news website shared a story of one woman’s early infection with HIV. “I met this guy out one night and we had a casual relationship. We were seeing each other for a couple of...
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HIV Can’t Be Transmitted Via Casual Contact
Sadly there are still many people who have no understanding of how HIV is transmitted. For those who have HIV positive friends or family member it’s important to understand that HIV can’t be...
View ArticleBrazillian Woman HIV Infected Via Manicure Equipment
Fox news reports: A 22-year-old Brazilian woman was infected with HIV after sharing manicure tools with her cousin, in a rare case of disease transmission, reported Counsel & Heal… The woman denied...
View ArticleWhat Does Undetectable Viral Load Mean?
In a recent article from Poz Magazine: With the news spreading across the Web of the PARTNER study showing that no HIV-positive individual with an undetectable viral load has transmitted HIV within the...
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Queensland Rapid HIV Testing Hits The Road
Queensland Rapid HIV Testing roadshow. Queensland Australia is doing fantastic work with statewide implementation of the new rapid HIV test. As reported in The Daily Mercury: IMPROVED testing and quick...
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Living With HIV
Just wanted to highlight a great interview from The Courier Mail sharing towo people’s story on what it’s like living with HIV. “I was diagnosed with HIV in April 2010. I contracted it by using...
View ArticleUk Politician Openly Shares His HIV Status
I can’t imagine many Australian politicians would be brave enough to stand up against anti HIV statement by sharing their own HIV positive status. Today I applause the prospective MP for Liverpool...
View ArticleLondon Hospital To Screen All Blood Tests For HIV
In a forward thinking move a London hospital has created an opt out system with all patients getting blood tests also receiving a screening HIV test. As noted in Pink News: St Thomas’ Hospital will...
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Important Interactions Between HIV Treatments and Recreational Drugs
If you are treated with any HIV drug, in particular ritonavir or cobicistat it’s vital you understand these can interact in a dangerous fashion with recreational drugs such as MDMA, Ketamine but also...
View ArticleDoes PrEP For HIV Lead To Drug Resistance?
An interesting article in AIDSMap has shown that if a person was to become infected with HIV while taking PrEP, a daily medication to prevent HIV infection) that drug resistance markers rapidly...
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