AIDS 40 Years On….Are We Celebrating?
Today, 1st December 2021, is World AIDS Day, and 40 years since the first AIDS diagnosis. So much has changed since then, and HIV is no longer a death sentence […]
HIV Treatments – Looking Ahead in 2020
We’ve slid into 2020, and I’m on holiday, so what better time to look at a summary of the current HIV treatment landscape – what’s available, what’s changed and what’s […]
HIV Viral Load – What Does It Mean?
You’ve been cruising along with an undetectable viral load for years and then suddenly one day, the horror, you go to your routine appointment and your doctor tells you there’s […]
Putting PrEP “Failures” into Perspective
There has been another story reported of an Australian man who has contracted HIV whilst on PrEP. Many of you are taking PrEP to protect yourselves against HIV, or are […]
U=U…….Undetectable Equals Untransmittable
I need to have a rant about U=U and HIV. I’ve written about this before, and sorry for repeating myself, but every time I think the word has been spread […]
Not So Cuckoo – the Swiss Statement on HIV Prevention Was Always Right
Today at the opening of the World AIDS Conference in Amsterdam, the exciting findings from the PARTNER 2 study on HIV prevention were released at a press conference, but before […]
U=U For Women Too! Some Words on Women and HIV
“a positive woman who is on treatment and has an undetectable viral load will not pass on the virus to her sexual partner”
CROI 2018 Boston
Earlier this month I attended the 25th CROI in Boston, the conference on retroviruses and opportunistic infections, a wonderful annual opportunity for scientists and clinicians from around the […]
U=U and More!
U=U and More! The International AIDS Society meeting in Paris in July was full of good news. Probably the most exciting message for those with HIV was that U=U, meaning […]
PrEP – What You Need to Know
PrEP, or Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, is a pill you take once a day to prevent infection with HIV. It’s been in the news a bit of late, and you may be […]
Dr Fiona Bisshop 