POZ March 2015
POZ March 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
Two of a Kind
Octavia Lewis and Shawn Lopez show us that love can conquer all.
ELISA Turns 30
Better HIV testing becomes ever more crucial as prevention efforts increase.
Up in Smoke?
The future of medical marijuana for HIV/AIDS looks hazy.
From the Editor
More Than a Woman
Regardless of gender or orientation, we all share in the hope of ending the epidemic and finding better ways to live with HIV.
Feedback
Letters-March 2015
In his blog post, long-term survivor Bruce Ward writes about how his gym membership has been the one consistency through 30 years of...
POZ Q+A
Sisterhood in Action
The chair of Positive Women’s Network USA reflects on self-empowerment for all women with HIV/AIDS.
POZ Planet
This Time, It’s Personal
Hannelore Williams explores today’s pandemic in her docu-series Dirty 30.
You Can Pick Up What at a Bathhouse?!
A vending machine at the Flex Spas gay bathhouse in Los Angeles offers free at-home oral HIV testing kits.
Phoenix Rising
This year, Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS in Phoenix marks a major milestone: a quarter-century of service. But it has many other reasons to ce...
Good Clean Fundraiser
HIV activist Jack Mackenroth decided to launch the Shower Selfie fundraising campaign.
’Tis Always the Season to Help
Video of a homophobic sermon by Arizona pastor Steven Anderson went viral right before World AIDS Day.
Voices
Quiet at Times
In this edited excerpt of a blog post titled “HIV/AIDS Is Quiet at Times in Native Communities,” Theodore Kerr of Visual AIDS interviews Demia...
Care and Treatment
CDC Takes on
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has taken its 32-page 2003 guidelines on HIV prevention strategies for people living with...
Some Oral Birth Control Is Safe With ARVs
Current WHO and CCDC guidelines caution HIV-positive women taking antiretrovirals not to use oral contraceptives if other birth control...
PrEP On Demand Shows Promise
A study of “on demand” PrEP abruptly canceled its placebo arm when the protocol showed high efficacy in preventing HIV.
PrEP Use Rises Among Men
New data indicates that the use of Truvada (tenofovir/emtricitabine) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is on the upswing in the United States...
High Efficacy for PrEP
A British pilot study of PrEP among high-risk men who have sex with men (MSM) and among transgender women showed high efficacy for Truvada.
Research Notes
Prevention: A Multipurpose Vaginal Ring
A vaginal ring has shown promise in protecting against HIV, genital herpes, human papillomavirus (HPV) and pregnancy in a primate study.
Treatment: New Potential Treatment Target
Researchers have identified a new potential treatment target: Ssu72, a human protein that spurs dormant HIV-infected cells into an actively re...
Cure: High Hep C Cure Rates
In a recent trial, Gilead Sciences’ newly approved Harvoni cured hepatitis C virus (HCV) in nearly all people who were coinfected with HIV and...
Concerns: U.S. “Treatment Cascade” Stats
Compared with various other high-income Western nations, the United States fares remarkably poorly in getting people with HIV diagnosed, into...
POZ Survey Says
The Big Sleep
Getting a good night’s sleep is vital to our overall health and well-being.
POZ Heroes
Outspoken for Others
Gina Brown brings the voices of Southern African-American women living with HIV/AIDS to top U.S. policymakers.
