SPRINGFIELD — People living with HIV in Illinois have the opportunity to win one of 20 Amazon gift cards, valued at $25 each, by taking Illinois HIV Care Connect’s “Good Health Is More Than Health Care” Quiz by Feb. 15, the Illinois Public Health Association announced Thursday. People living with HIV in Illinois are encouraged…
WASHINGTON — Officials with the National Institutes of Health said in a new report on Thursday that overwhelming evidence has established that undetectable equals untransmittable with HIV. From the NIH: U=U means that people living with HIV who achieve and maintain an undetectable viral load—the amount of HIV in the blood—by taking and adhering to antiretroviral…
EVANSTON — The Evanston Health and Human Services Department, Howard Brown Health and the Evanston Public Library (EPL) are working together to provide STI screening in this Chicago suburb. From the Daily Northwestern: Starting Jan. 14, individuals will be able to walk in to EPL’s main branch in downtown Evanston on the second Monday of…
CARY — A man has been charged with trying to give a police officer HIV by biting the cop on the leg, according to a local newspaper. From the Northwest Herald: A Cary man is due in court Dec. 14 on allegations that he tried to give a police officer HIV by biting him in the leg.…
GRAND RAPIDS – Lambda Legal and Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service (MPAS) on Wednesday announced the successful settlement of a 2015 lawsuit filed on behalf of John Dorn against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC). The lawsuit was filed after Dorn was disciplined far more severely than another incarcerated man based solely on his HIV…
SCHAUMBURG — A Naperville man this week sued his former Schaumburg-based recuiter and Elgin-based employer for revealing his HIV status and later firing him. From the Daily Herald of Arlington Heights: A 34-year-old Naperville man identified in court records as John Doe seeks damages from Medela of Elgin and the owner of Gotham Professional Services…
SAN FRANCISCO – The Superior Court of California (San Francisco) on Monday denied A.J. Boggs & Company’s motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit Lambda Legal filed on behalf of a California man living with HIV and 92 others whose confidential medical records – including their HIV status – were compromised by a data breach…
By Matt Simonette SPRINGFIELD — Jeffery Erdman and Michael Maginn, both officials with the Illinois Public Health Association (IPHA), are working hard to make sure that providers, advocates and community members across the entirety of Illinois know about PrEP resources. Erdman, IPHA’s assistant director for programs and compliance, said that the PrEP intervention had been…
WASHINGTON — A small group of people living with HIV sensitive to two potent anti-HIV broadly neutralizing antibodies (link is external) (bNAbs) — 3BNC117 and 10-1074 — tolerated multiple infusions of the antibodies and suppressed HIV for more than 15 weeks after stopping antiretroviral therapy (ART). The new findings, from a pilot clinical trial supported…
AMSTERDAM — For the first time, a U.S.-based doctors group has endorsed event-based PrEP use. AIDSMap.com reported that the International Antiviral Society-USA (IAS-USA) made the recommendation during the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam last month. In this case, event-based means PrEP is given on demand instead of a regular daily dose. According to AIDSMap, IAS-USA…
