POZ January-February 2020
POZ January-February 2020
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
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Features
Power in Transparency
The rapper, poet and activist is thriving with HIV.
Believe in Hope
We must fight through our collective trauma to begin the process of renewal.
2020 HIV/AIDS Awareness Days
Annual awareness days help to educate the general public and specific communities about HIV/AIDS.
Editor’s Letter
I’m Coming Out
In between recording new songs for an upcoming album, rapper Mykki gave us an exclusive interview and photo shoot
POZ Q+A
Positive Response
“Community Reclaiming the Global Response” is the theme of the HIV2020 conference in Mexico City.
POZ Planet
The Man Who Made Over 10,000 HIV Portraits
Meet Zee Strong and The Digital Living Quilt.
He Is Valuable
This Atlanta group for Black queer men gives new meaning to HIV.
Everyday
Everyday — January/February 2020
Here are some important dates in AIDS history.
Voices
Real Spirit
POZ contributing writer Shawn Decker looks back at how Pedro Zamora’s appearance on “The Real World” inspired him.
Real Impact
Marvell L. Terry II of AIDS United and Charles Stephens of the Counter Narrative Project reflect on Sean Sasser’s legacy.
Spotlight
Praise for the POZ 100
Check out the social media praise for the 2019 POZ 100.
Ask POZ
Ask POZ – January/February 2020
Are vaccines safe?; What is the healthiest diet?; How often should I get my cholesterol checked?
Care And Treatment
Trogarzo Bests Highly Resistant HIV
Expanded access study confirms the long-acting monoclonal antibody works well in people with extensive prior treatment.
Kidney Transplant Success
A long-term study found that kidney transplants between people with HIV have high success rates.
Fatty Liver Risk in Those With HIV & Hep C
Researchers call for greater use of noninvasive measures of fatty liver disease in this population to identify those at risk.
Are You in for Integrase-Driven Weight Gain?
Researchers at George Washington University take a look.
Research Notes
Prevention: Vaccine Impact
Only HIV vax to show any efficacy prompted strong immune response in new study
Treatment: Microneedle Patches
Researchers are working on patches containing tiny needles that deliver medications through the skin.
Cure: Cracking CRISPR
Trying to mimic the “Berlin Patient” cure, researchers edited the CCR5 gene in the immune stem cells of a man with leukemia and HIV.
Concerns: STIs Keep Rising
Increases in syphilis have been driven by new cases in men who have sex with men, an estimated half of whom have HIV.
Heroes
Walking in Purpose
Joyce Turner Keller fights HIV stigma in the church.
Digital Edition
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