POZ June 2020
POZ June 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
Stand By Me
For long-term survivors, the key to embracing resilience is sticking together.
Portrait of an Artist
A book excerpt about living in the past to survive AIDS.
Editor’s Letter
I’ll Stand by You
Our cover subject, Ed Barron, is a long-term survivor of not only HIV, but also many other conditions.
POZ Q+A
Bearing Witness
A journalist with experience reporting on the early U.S. AIDS epidemic reflects on HIV and COVID-19.
POZ Planet
Service During COVID-19
A snapshot of HIV providers responding to the new pandemic
Listen to LGBT and HIV History
The podcast series “Plague” explores historic conflicts and quiet compassion between the church and LGBTs during the early HIV epidemic.
Everyday
Everyday — June 2020
These dates represent milestones in the HIV epidemic. Visit poz.com/aidsiseveryday to learn more about the history of HIV/AIDS.
Voices
Live and Love
Long-term survivor John Reams shared his story of profound loss and immense gratitude.
Basics
The New Coronavirus and COVID-19
HIV itself doesn’t raise the risk of getting the new virus, but some HIV-positive people are prone to severe illness.
Care And Treatment
Normal Life Expectancy!
People who start HIV treatment early have a normal life expectancy, according to new findings.
Test-and-Treat Success
Reduction in community-level viral load predicts HIV transmission decline
Many Go Off HIV Meds
A new study found that 44% of Medicaid enrollees with HIV who stopped antiretroviral treatment did not restart therapy within 18 months.
Youths Less Likely to Be Undetectable
A recent NIH study found that adults have a much higher viral suppression rate than youth.
Research Notes
Prevention: Vaccine Ineffective
Large trial of HIV vaccine finds it does not prevent HIV
Treatment: Every Two Months
Whether given every four or eight weeks, long-acting injections of cabotegravir and rilpivirine suppressed HIV equally well.
Cure: Second HIV Cure
London man, who was treated for lymphoma with a stem cell transplant using HIV-resistant stem cells, is “almost certainly” cured of HIV.
Concerns: Lung Disease
People with HIV are diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at a much younger age, study suggests.
Heroes
Centering Our Voices
Andrew Spieldenner works to center the voices of people with HIV.
Survey
HIV and COVID-19
June 2020 Survey
Digital Edition
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