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hiv/aids

shift: what the tainted blood scandal didn't teach us
there is still so much stigma and hate around hiv and the communities that it affects the most.
lisa machado
opinion
dec 6 2021
watching so much death made time alive seem painfully uncertain. getty

tainted blood: looking back on the worst public health disaster in canada
rick waines, a hemophiliac, was just one of the 2,000 canadians infected with hiv through contaminated blood.
vanessa hrvatin
hiv/aids
dec 3 2021
the red cross infamously claimed that the risk of blood product recipients contracting hiv/aids was one in one million. getty

'canada is lagging behind other g7 countries': every four hours someone in canada is infected with hiv
barriers like access to care, stigma, poverty, racism, substance use and mental health disorders, combined with continued funding cuts, has made it difficult to control hiv.
maja begovic
hiv/aids
dec 2 2021
colleen price has received numerous awards for her work advocating for people living with hiv. supplied

why are we still banning blood donations from gay and bisexual men?
it could take three years for health canada to review and approve the canadian blood services application for a change in blood donation criteria.
sadaf ahsan
2022年世界杯名单猜测
nov 25 2021
a bag of blood is shown at a clinic thursday, november 29, 2012 in montreal. "there's a whole history of barriers with respect to men who have sex with men not being invited, not being included, not being welcomed in the healthcare system, and so there's going to be a lot of trauma there, there's going to be a lot of barriers to overcome," says dr. warren fingrut. the canadian press/ryan remiorz org xmit: 19612473

u of s undergrad researcher investigates covid-19's impact on people living with hiv
the management of covid-19 in people living with hiv may be different — and a u of s researcher hopes to help find the best treatment path.
brooke kleiboer
世界杯决赛2022
nov 17 2021
kinesiology undergraduate researcher topaza yu.

does hiv raise the risk of sudden cardiac death?
sudden cardiac death refers to an abrupt loss of heart function and is different from a heart attack.
dave yasvinski
hiv/aids
sep 8 2021
among people with hiv, those who have a compromised immune system, appear to have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease.

hiv self-tests hard to come by in saskatchewan
advocates for people with hiv say self-administered tests could be a game-changer in curbing saskatchewan's sky-high transmission rate.
zak vescera, saskatoon starphoenix
世界杯决赛2022
jun 18 2021
hiv test kits that the plwa network has bought for clients which can test for the virus in minutes.

opinion: canada must recommit to hiv/aid targets
as of the end of 2020, most of the world had failed to meet the un 90-90-90 target.
vancouver sun
hiv/aids
jun 13 2021
dr. julio montaner is director of the b.c. centre for excellence in hiv/aids, canada’s largest hiv research organization, and is a professor of medicine at the university of b.c.
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shift: what the tainted blood scandal didn't teach us
there is still so much stigma and hate around hiv and the communities that it affects the most.
lisa machado
opinion
dec 6 2021
watching so much death made time alive seem painfully uncertain. getty

tainted blood: looking back on the worst public health disaster in canada
rick waines, a hemophiliac, was just one of the 2,000 canadians infected with hiv through contaminated blood.
vanessa hrvatin
hiv/aids
dec 3 2021
the red cross infamously claimed that the risk of blood product recipients contracting hiv/aids was one in one million. getty

'canada is lagging behind other g7 countries': every four hours someone in canada is infected with hiv
barriers like access to care, stigma, poverty, racism, substance use and mental health disorders, combined with continued funding cuts, has made it difficult to control hiv.
maja begovic
hiv/aids
dec 2 2021
colleen price has received numerous awards for her work advocating for people living with hiv. supplied

why are we still banning blood donations from gay and bisexual men?
it could take three years for health canada to review and approve the canadian blood services application for a change in blood donation criteria.
sadaf ahsan
2022年世界杯名单猜测
nov 25 2021
a bag of blood is shown at a clinic thursday, november 29, 2012 in montreal. "there's a whole history of barriers with respect to men who have sex with men not being invited, not being included, not being welcomed in the healthcare system, and so there's going to be a lot of trauma there, there's going to be a lot of barriers to overcome," says dr. warren fingrut. the canadian press/ryan remiorz org xmit: 19612473
powered by
canadian centre for caregiving excellence

u of s undergrad researcher investigates covid-19's impact on people living with hiv
the management of covid-19 in people living with hiv may be different — and a u of s researcher hopes to help find the best treatment path.
brooke kleiboer
世界杯决赛2022
nov 17 2021
kinesiology undergraduate researcher topaza yu.

does hiv raise the risk of sudden cardiac death?
sudden cardiac death refers to an abrupt loss of heart function and is different from a heart attack.
dave yasvinski
hiv/aids
sep 8 2021
among people with hiv, those who have a compromised immune system, appear to have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease.

hiv self-tests hard to come by in saskatchewan
advocates for people with hiv say self-administered tests could be a game-changer in curbing saskatchewan's sky-high transmission rate.
zak vescera, saskatoon starphoenix
世界杯决赛2022
jun 18 2021
hiv test kits that the plwa network has bought for clients which can test for the virus in minutes.

opinion: canada must recommit to hiv/aid targets
as of the end of 2020, most of the world had failed to meet the un 90-90-90 target.
vancouver sun
hiv/aids
jun 13 2021
dr. julio montaner is director of the b.c. centre for excellence in hiv/aids, canada’s largest hiv research organization, and is a professor of medicine at the university of b.c.

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