Gus Cairns

Gus joined NAM's editorial team in 2009 and previously edited HIV Treatment Update and Preventing HIV. Twitter: @guscairns

PrEP programmes & uptake

Tenofovir disoproxil-based pill regains its position as first choice for PrEP in the US

Resistance

Failure of integrase inhibitor-based regimens may be due to a completely novel form of resistance

PrEP science

HIV infections acquired while on injectable PrEP may take a very long time to be spotted

Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

Promising new PrEP method undergoes first safety study for anal sex

Injectable & long-acting PrEP

Good news for women and PrEP: quarterly dosing may work

Sexually transmitted infections prevention

No marked increase in gonorrhoea resistance in doxyPEP study

Sexually transmitted infections prevention

Vaccine halves gonorrhoea rate in French study

The search for an HIV prevention vaccine

Closure of HIV vaccine study shows how far we have to go

The search for an HIV prevention vaccine

What’s the latest news on HIV vaccines?

Epidemiology

Russia: huge differences between provinces in Europe’s worst HIV epidemic

The search for an HIV prevention vaccine

Revolutionary HIV vaccine that ‘trains’ the immune system passes its first hurdle

Injectable & long-acting HIV treatment

The people who need injectable HIV drugs most are the ones who can’t get them, BHIVA told

Hepatitis & HIV

Re-audit of hepatitis care in European HIV services finds improvement in most areas despite challenges

PrEP policies & guidelines

PrEP chaos: how central Europe is suffering from inconsistent guidelines, random access, and healthcare stigma

The search for an HIV prevention vaccine

What is a vaccine?

The search for an HIV prevention vaccine

Why is it so difficult to make an HIV prevention vaccine?

Injectable & long-acting HIV treatment

‘Real world’ injectable treatment halves patient dissatisfaction, with only two viral failures in first six months

Side effects

CD4 and white blood cell declines caused by islatravir are dose-related and reversible, but rule out using it for prevention