Gus Cairns Editor

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 science

Trans and cis women and men all have similar levels of PrEP drugs in blood, directly observed dosing study finds

PrEP science

Two different cases of PrEP failure despite high adherence underline that such events are rare, but should not be ignored

PrEP

PrEP, sex, intimacy and mental health

The search for a cure

Loreen Willenberg's HIV seems to have disappeared. Is this good news for the rest of us?

The search for a cure

Elite controllers may self-vaccinate against active HIV infection, gene study suggests

Mental & emotional health problems

Sexual compulsivity and harmful drug use decreased in men who started PrEP in Amsterdam

Coronavirus

Two UK studies find that HIV infection may be a risk factor for dying from COVID-19

Resistance

“Unprecedented” case of transmission of four-class resistant HIV virus reported in France

PrEP programmes & uptake

Chicago study suggests knowledge of PrEP is not crossing over to women

Injectable & long-acting HIV treatment

Doravirine injections were safe and long-lasting, but did not reach therapeutic levels

Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

The vaginal ring against HIV: regulatory approval for a new prevention choice for women

Transgender people

Community-run PrEP programme for Vietnamese trans women sees hundredfold rise in users in three years

Access to healthcare

Survey shows the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on LGBT communities

The search for an HIV prevention vaccine

Novel vaccine that induces cells to make particles that look like HIV shows promising efficacy in monkey study

Diagnosing children

Finding the missing children: paediatric index testing expands in Africa

PrEP programmes & uptake

Many people in African PrEP programmes stop and restart PrEP

PrEP science

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

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