Day two at the 4th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis in Sydney, Australia featured research linking crystal meth to low CD4 counts among positive people and good news about PrEP for serodiscordant couples trying to get pregnant. Check out our full, daily coverage, which also features a video interview with Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Beth Benne, RN, is HIV negative, but
the virus has impacted her life. She currently supervises a biannual HIV/AIDS awareness week as
the director of the student health center at Pierce College, a
community commuter school in Woodland Hills, California.
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Overheard in the Women's Forum
"I recently met a guy who is negative. I did tell him about my status and he decided to kiss me anyway (we didn't go further than that). But a day later, he called and said that he actually had a mouth ulcer that time when we kissed and he was very worried. Asked if he can get the virus from me that way. For that moment, I felt so insulted and yet I felt so bad. It was my first time having a contact with a "negative" guy."
