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Benjamin Ryan

Editor-at-Large for POZ and its sister publications Hep, Cancer Health and Real Health, where he covers the science of HIV, hepatitis C and cancer. He has also written for The New York Times, The Guardian, New York, The Nation, The Atlantic, The Marshall Project, The Village Voice, The New York Observer, Men's Journal, City & State, Quartz, Out and The Advocate.

Articles

ViiV Applies for FDA Approval of HIV Drug Fostemsavir

The attachment inhibitor performed well as an adjunct to an optimized antiretroviral regimen among those with multidrug-resistant HIV.

It’s High Time to Redefine “Safe Sex”

In the era of HIV treatment as prevention and PrEP, condomless sex doesn’t carry the same risk it once did.

U.S. Prescription Opioid Use Rates Have Stabilized

Experts are not certain what this latest trend signifies for the trajectory of the opioid use disorder epidemic, however.

STI Testing Rates Are Too Low Among HIV-Positive Gay & Bi Men

Sexually transmitted infections, such as gonorrhea and chlamydia, are more common among gay and bi men with HIV.

POZ March 2019 cover U=U Undetectable = Untransmitable

Gay & Bi Men Increasingly Understand That U=U

Major studies have shown that “undetectable equals untransmittable,” meaning that successfully treated HIV cannot transmit via sex.

Michigan Steps Up Harm Reduction to Combat Opioid Crisis

The state will provide prisoners medication-assisted treatment to treat opioid use disorder and is creating more syringe services programs.

PrEP Is Associated With Lower Anxiety About Contracting HIV

An Australian study also found that, overall, such anxiety was higher among younger gay and bisexual men.

Rapidly Treating Infants Born With HIV Shrinks the Viral Reservoir

Treating within hours—rather than the recommended weeks—of birth also prompts an improved immune response against the virus.

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AI May Mitigate Theft of Opioids by Hospital Employees

U.S. health care systems are seeking better solutions to the critical problem of drug diversion.

Gay & Bi PrEP Users Are More Likely to Have Sex With HIV-Positive Partners

A Canadian survey of men who have sex with men also found that PrEP users were less likely to have sex with non-PrEP users.

HIV Vaccine Candidate Gives Rise to Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies in Rabbits

These types of antibodies are able to neutralize a wide breadth of HIV strains.

Why Do Some Newer HIV Drugs Cause Weight Gain?

Future research should examine how particular combinations of antiretrovirals contribute to weight gain, according to one expert.

New York Is Making Progress Combating Hepatitis A, B and C

New cases of all three viruses have declined in the city over the past decade.

Instagram Storytelling May Help Promote HPV Vaccination

The vaccine is safe and effective against cancer-causing strains of HPV, and yet anti-vaccination misinformation campaigns have taken hold.

New York Is Steadily Sending Its HIV Epidemic Into Retreat

The city’s estimated new infection rate declined by more than 40% between 2014 and 2018.

The World Cannot End HIV Without Continued Innovation

New forms of treatment and PrEP and, hopefully, an at least partially effective vaccine will be key to fighting the epidemic in the 2020s.