POZ July-August 2015
POZ July-August 2015
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
From Peer to Peer
HIV-positive advocates break down barriers to care in the south.
World of Difference
Questioning taxpayer funding of faith-based groups to fight HIV/AIDS
Going Gold for HIV
A look inside Life Ball, Europe’s biggest, grandest and most spectacular HIV/AIDS charity event
POZ HIV Drug Chart
Antiretroviral (ARV) options abound for both those who are new to HIV treatment and those who are experienced.
From the Editor
Too Hot
I admire people who take the heat--literally and figuratively--every day in the Southern United States, the hot spot domestically for HIV/AIDS...
Feedback
Letters-July/August 2015
Our April/May issue looked at how artists living with HIV continue to represent the realities and complexities of today’s epidemic.
POZ Q+A
A Brave New Day
Using peer support to organize and empower people living with HIV/AIDS in the Southern United States
POZ Planet
Meet Merce!
Charles Sanchez stars in a musical comedy web series about an HIV-positive guy looking for love.
Focusing on Nonprofit HIV Research
Florida’s Campbell Foundation funds science and services.
Raise Your Glass!
As three iconic HIV groups celebrate three decades, their leaders talk with POZ about past accomplishments and future goals.
POZ Stories: Venita Ray
Venita Ray is a woman who can move mountains—or at the very least, climb them.Â
Working to End AIDS in the South
Nic Carlisle became executive director of Southern AIDS Coalition this spring, but his dedication to the cause goes back several decades.Â
Rally for Medicare!
Medicare—the federal health plan for Americans 65 and older—turns 50 on July 30, and folks who support the Robin Hood Tax (RHT) ar...
Making Waves
Head to the beach this summer with an HIV-themed book.
Voices
Falling Through
Kristopher Sharp, an HIV-positive gay advocate from Texas, shared his personal story in an opinion piece titled “Falling Through the Cra...
Care and Treatment
A New Truvada
Gilead Sciences has filed for FDA approval of a new version of the dual-combination HIV antiretroviral Truvada, one that’s less toxic to the b...
Dangers of Delaying Hep C Treatment
For people coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV), waiting to start HCV treatment until they progress through the levels of liver fib...
Does HIV Pack on the Pounds?
Contrary to popular belief, HIV-positive people gain excess body fat because of the virus itself rather than antiretroviral (ARV) treatment.
Atripla Dethroned
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has removed Atripla from the priority list of first-line antiretrovirals in its most re...
Going Up in Smoke
HIV-positive Americans are more likely to smoke and less likely to quit than the general population.Â
Research Notes
Prevention: PrEP Saves Money
Canadian research suggests that rolling out Truvada (tenofovir/emtricitabine) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV would save mon...
Treatment: Long-Acting ARVs
A recent study showing that a two-drug antiretroviral (ARV) regimen maintains viral suppression as well as a standard three-drug cocktail
Cure: ’Kick and Kill’
The NIH's Division of AIDS and Infectious Disease Services has pledged $6.6M to investigate the HIV cure strategy known as “kick and kill.â€...
Concerns: At the Gut Level
HIV launches an immediate assault on the gut after infection, spurring harmful inflammation and causing other damage that even very early anti...
SeroZero by GMHC
From Churches to Mosques: We Need to Include Every Faith Community in the Fight Against HIV
According to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, ’despite the 2010 National HIV/AIDS Strategy’s calls for new partnersh...
Making the Cut: Should Neonatal Male Circumcision be a Recommended HIV-Prevention Tool in the United States?
For some, it’s a revered and ancient expression of religious faith and tradition. Others believe it’s not only medically unnecessary, but...
Spotlight Stories
My name is Nicole Icon and I am Legendary for Old Way Vogue and Realness. I’m a transsexual woman in the Ballroom scene.
POZ Survey Says
Media Matters
Pop culture can educate audiences and dispel myths about HIV/AIDS, so it’s refreshing to see the inclusion of several HIV-related storylines r...
POZ Heroes
Together We Stand
Marco Castro-Bojorquez wants Latino immigrants to be involved in creating a national network to help amplify the voices of the community.
