POZ March 2020
POZ March 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
Leading Women
Honoring 30 years of SisterLove
Embracing Life
New challenges for women aging with HIV require more research.
The Women’s Interagency HIV Study
Still providing data after more than 25 years
Vote 2020
Here are some tips on how to effectively leverage your vote and engage your community this election year.
Editor’s Letter
Wind Beneath My Wings
This special issue on women showcases SisterLove’s 30 years of helping women living with and vulnerable to HIV in the South and beyond.
POZ Q+A
Positive Impact
The executive director of The Well Project shares what motivates her to stay in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
POZ PLANET
Vote Positive
PWN-USA leverages the HIV community’s power for Election 2020.
Beyond the Care Continuum
5 factors influencing the well-being of women with HIV
An HIV Med That Tastes Yummy!
A new strawberry-flavored HIV med is a game changer for children living with HIV.
About Those Scary HIV Ads on Facebook…
Activists want the tech giant to take down similar ads with inaccurate claims about PrEP and HIV prevention.
Everyday
Everyday — March 2020
Here are some important dates in AIDS history.
Voices
POZ Awards 2019
The POZ editors compiled the winners of the Fourth Annual POZ Awards.
Help Wanted
POZ asked readers: How have HIV groups helped you? Here are both the positive and negative responses.
Spotlight
R.I.P. Jerry Herman
People remember the Tony-winning composer and lyricist.
Ask POZ
Ask POZ – March 2020
I recently got a flu shot. Can I still get influenza?; Is it better to clean your hands with soap or hand sanitizer?
Care And Treatment
Who’s at Risk of Weight Gain?
Newer drug classes are tied to a higher risk of weight gain, which is more likely to occur among Black women in particular.
U=U Is Becoming Common Knowledge
Gay and bisexual men are increasingly understanding that “undetectable equals untransmittable."
Better Bone Health Markers for the New Tenofovir
Switching to new tenofovir tied to improved bone health in older people with HIV
Is the Cognitive Outlook Brightening?
Factors associated with a higher risk of impairment include depression, poor adherence to antiretrovirals and opportunistic infections.
Research Notes
Prevention: Ending the Epidemic
More HIV testing, treatment and PrEP needed to end epidemic
Treatment: Twice-Yearly Therapy?
Gilead’s HIV capsid inhibitor might need dosing only every six months
Cure: Viral Reservoir
In theory, starting antiretrovirals quiets the immune system, leading more immune cells to become part of the inactive reservoir.
Concerns: Anal Cancer
Study finds that routine screening reduces anal cancer rate among people with HIV.
Heroes
Still a Babe
Pat Migliore cofounded two groups for women living with HIV.
Digital Edition
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