POZ March 2019
POZ March 2019
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
Understanding Undetectable Equals Untransmittable
A growing global community builds a movement.
Viral Load Does Not Equal Value
Ensuring health equity for all people living with HIV
Communicating Undetectable Equals Untransmittable
Be precise and empowering when sharing U=U
Editor’s Letter
Somebody To Love
Our March issue is dedicated to the idea of Undetectable Equals Untransmittable, or U=U.
POZ Q + A
Treatment Is Prevention
Prevention Access Campaign builds a movement as Undetectable Equals Untransmittable goes global.
POZ Planet
Get to Know Raniyah Copeland
Three questions for the new president and CEO of the Black AIDS Institute
Women’s Studies
March 10 marks National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. These reads offer related insights.
AIDS 2020 vs. HIV 2020
San Francisco and Mexico City host competing conferences.
Movies That Move Us
POZ readers listed HIV/AIDS-themed films that have strongly affected them.
Voices
Stigma Over Science
HIV-negative writer Mathew Rodriguez penned an opinion piece about U=U titled “HIV-Negative Men Are Still Choosing Stigma Over Science.”
POZ Awards 2018
POZ editors compiled the winners of the Third Annual POZ Awards.
Spotlight
Women and U=U
HIV-positive women step up to fill the U=U information gap via social media and beyond.
Everyday
Everyday — March 2019
Here are some important dates in AIDS history.
Care And Treatment
How Lungs Can Go Up in Smoke Faster
Smoking is tied to faster lung function decline in people with HIV.
Trogarzo Can Beat Drug Resistance
Researchers gave the antibody treatment to those with multidrug-resistant HIV along with an optimized antiretroviral regimen.
Hep C’s Drag on Life Expectancy
Hepatitis C increases risk of death among people on HIV treatment.
Early HIV Treatment Protects the Liver
This is according to the large randomized controlled START trial.
Research Notes
Prevention: Pushing the Env
A new HIV vaccine prompts powerful antibody response in animals.
Treatment: Fostemsavir
Fostemsavir offers HIV treatment hope to those with no other options.
Cure: Reservoir
Experimental agent shrinks HIV reservoir, but fails to delay viral rebound.
Concerns: Edited Embryos
Chinese scientist claims to have edited embryos to make children HIV resistant.
Heroes
Call to Action
Mariah Wilberg promotes U=U via her state’s health agency.
Digital Edition
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