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Russia has the third-highest number of new HIV infections globally, after South Africa and Nigeria.

Robin Campillo’s “vital new gay classic” follows the Paris chapter of ACT UP in the early 1990s.

Compared with those starting HIV meds in the late 1990s, those who go on treatment today can likely expect to live 10 years longer.

Highlights from research presented at the 52nd International Liver Congress in Amsterdam

A study also found that nurse-led counseling sessions influenced quality of life—and length of life.

The risk appears higher among those more recently infected with HIV and those with a higher HIV viral load.

The risk is particularly high the first year after receiving an HIV diagnosis.

The five local clinics that saw the rate drop have gotten more gay and bi men on HIV treatment and seen more accessing PrEP.

Female sex workers in European nations where sex work is not outright forbidden have a lower HIV rate.

A look at the most notable HIV-related studies presented at the 2017 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle.

Highlights from the hep C–related studies presented at the 2017 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle

Hep C infection routes among this population apparently overlap with those of their HIV-positive peers.

Highly effective hepatitis C cures have apparently succeeded in breaking up transmission networks among this population.

The Dutch man was engaging in very high-risk sex and adhering well to the daily Truvada regimen.

However, might post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) against STIs impact resistance to antibiotics among infections like gonorrhea?

With 1 million now living with the virus in Putin’s realm, the rate of new infections has more than doubled in the past decade.