Showing 869 articles by Gus Cairns

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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.

Retention & linkage to care

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

News
7 April 2020
The search for an HIV prevention vaccine

HIV vaccine trials paused during coronavirus crisis

News
6 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
PrEP programmes & uptake

First African study offering PrEP to the general population finds that about a quarter of people at high HIV risk start it

News
6 March 2020
The search for an HIV prevention vaccine

HIV vaccine trial failure is a “wake up call” for southern Africa, say researchers

News
24 February 2020
Mental & emotional health & wellbeing

PrEP may be breaking the link between condomless sex and anxiety, survey results suggest

News
20 February 2020
Transgender people

HIV drugs reduce feminising hormone levels by 36% in HIV-positive trans women, Thai study finds

News
14 February 2020
PrEP science

Does PrEP cause more HIV drug resistance? Yes, some

News
12 February 2020
HIV treatment in pregnancy

Babies of South African mothers taking HIV therapy have worse health in early months – unless they are vaccinated and consistently breastfed

News
11 February 2020
PrEP science

PrEP and sexually transmitted infections: a research briefing

About HIV
February 2020
PrEP programmes & uptake

Australian researchers present two possible ‘PrEP cascades’ that could be used to measure uptake

News
31 January 2020
PrEP science

HIV PrEP could also lead to big reductions in gonorrhoea, Dutch study finds

News
23 January 2020
Epidemiology

Could UK HIV transmissions really go down to near-zero by 2030? The latest report suggests so

News
16 January 2020
Sexually transmitted infections tests & treatment

Gonorrhoea testing and treatment in Europe: survey reveals better testing for gay men, but gaps in resistance testing

News
16 January 2020
Confidentiality, consent & medical ethics

“I’m prepared to die to be cured of HIV” – what did people mean when they said this?

News
9 January 2020
Epidemiology

HIV incidence starting to fall in the hardest hit communities in South Africa

News
30 December 2019
Treatment interruptions

Second case of unintended HIV transmission during HIV cure study prompts questions about PrEP provision

News
22 November 2019
PrEP programmes & uptake

Intermittent and lower-risk PrEP users may not be testing for HIV and STIs, German study finds

News
22 November 2019