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Gus joined the editorial team in 2009 and has previously edited HIV Treatment Update and Preventing HIV. He currently focuses on the PrEP in Europe Initiative and on news reporting.

PrEP programmes & uptake

Many people in African PrEP programmes stop and restart PrEP

News
9 July 2020
PrEP science

A second study finds introducing PrEP to Africa considerably reduces HIV infections in women

News
9 July 2020
Child developmental issues

Aged five, uninfected children of HIV-positive mothers do just as well as children of HIV-negative mothers, South African study shows

News
8 July 2020
PrEP science

Injectable PrEP offers superior efficacy to oral PrEP in clinical trial

News
7 July 2020
The search for a cure

Has someone been cured of HIV with a cheap, simple drug regimen?

News
7 July 2020
PrEP programmes & uptake

At least 28,000 women in the United States have started PrEP

News
4 July 2020
PrEP science

PrEP prevents an estimated three-quarters of HIV infections in people at risk in large African study

News
4 July 2020
PrEP science

PrEP and drug resistance A research briefing

About HIV
June 2020
UK health services

Walk-in STI services may be a thing of the past as UK clinics continue to adjust to COVID-19

News
8 June 2020
PEP

HIV 'morning-after pill' prescriptions have fallen sixfold during the lockdown

News
29 May 2020
PrEP science

Seventy per cent fewer HIV infections seen with PrEP injections, compared with pills, in gay/bi men and trans women

News
18 May 2020
Health services & systems

Disruption to HIV treatment in Africa during COVID-19 pandemic could double HIV deaths, modelling studies warn

News
13 May 2020
Cardiovascular disease

People switching from TDF to TAF experience rising cholesterol levels

News
7 May 2020
Mental & emotional health & wellbeing

Stigma and negativity from within the community increases HIV risk-taking by gay men

News
30 April 2020
Sexually transmitted infections tests & treatment

UK sexual health services are being decimated by COVID-19

News
23 April 2020
The search for an HIV prevention vaccine

HIV prevention trials paused during coronavirus crisis

News
22 April 2020
Retention & linkage to care

US emergency department testing finds a lot of people with new – and returning – HIV infections

News
7 April 2020
Hepatitis B

HIV PrEP also prevents hepatitis B – and works better than the hepatitis B vaccine

News
26 March 2020
The search for a cure

HIV cure at CROI: new data on antibodies, vaccines and genetically engineered T-cells

News
24 March 2020
PrEP science

Taking PrEP during acute HIV infection for more than 2-3 weeks is likely to cause resistance, Thai study finds

News
13 March 2020
The search for an HIV prevention vaccine

HIV vaccine that generates broadly neutralising antibodies passes first safety and proof-of-concept study in humans

News
12 March 2020
PEP

New PEP studies revive interest in post-exposure prevention

News
11 March 2020
PEP

Two PEP doses spaced a week apart protect monkeys from injected HIV; one dose might work in humans

News
11 March 2020
PrEP policies & guidelines

Far fewer people would get PrEP in the US if generic TDF/FTC is replaced with Descovy (TAF/FTC), cost-effectiveness study finds

News
9 March 2020