POZ October-November 2021
POZ October-November 2021
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
Our Stories Matter
Despite being disproportionately affected by HIV, many Latinos living with the virus are thriving.
Guilt-Free Comfort Food
This simple fall meal is low in calories yet rich in the flavors of fall.
10 Consejos para vivir con el VIH
Siendo VIH positivo, puedes mantener tu salud y prolongar tu vida considerablemente accediendo el cuidado y tratamiento adecuado.
Editor’s Letter
Maybe This Time
In this special issue dedicated to Latinos, our cover story focuses on the experiences of Latinos with HIV.
POZ Q+A
Beauty, Brains and Heart
Miss Universe Andrea Meza shares her passion for health and fitness—and HIV awareness.
POZ Planet
In the Beginning
David Zwirner highlights artists lost to AIDS early in the epidemic.
Making Gen Z Free of HIV
HRC trains Latino and Black LGBTQ advocates.
Everyday – October/November 2021
These dates represent milestones in the HIV epidemic.
Voices
My Heart
Advocate and blogger Bob Leahy shares how his life-changing heart surgery altered the course of his HIV advocacy.
Not Invisible
The advocacy group AIDS United questions why U.S. plans to fight HIV omit sex workers.
Ask POZ
Ask POZ – October/November 2021
How can I manage my diabetes?
Basics
Latinos and HIV
Latino communities are disproportionately affected by HIV and AIDS.
Research Notes
Prevention: Long-Acting PrEP
Long-acting injections given every two months could soon offer a new option for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis.
Treatment: Twice-Yearly
Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injectable, suppresses viral load in people with highly resistant virus.
Cure: New Approaches
Starting antiretroviral therapy very early shrinks the latent viral reservoir and improves the prospects for attaining a functional cure.
Concerns: COVID-19 Risk
Studies of COVID-19 risk among people with HIV continue to reach different conclusions.
Care and Treatment
The Fast Lane to Undetectable
People in JumpstART achieved viral suppression three times faster than those in the control group.
Getting Mobile to Bring People Back Into Care
A cross-sectional study asked 50 people which of six different models of care would make HIV treatment doable for them.
A Cardiovascular System on Fire
The first data from the much anticipated REPRIEVE trial on statin medications for people with HIV are out.
Have Hormones, Will PrEP
A study suggests that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) pills work at full potency in women of trans experience who use feminizing hormones.
Heroes
Honoring Community
Guillermo Chacón is the president of the Latino Commission on AIDS.
Digital Edition
POZ October/November 2021
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