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Possible HIV cure 1 step closer to human trials: Ontario researchers

A new international study led by Ontario researchers is showing promise in potentially curing HIV. If it makes it through human clinical trials, it has the potential to cure millions of people worldwide, researchers say. Approximately 95 per cent of people with HIV have it chronically, which Ryan Ho, a …

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Do you know your HIV status? You can now test yourself at home

Knowing your HIV status just got easier with the launch of the free HIV self-test kit. The kit is distributed through Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE ), Canada’s source for HIV and hepatitis C information. According to CATIE executive director Jody Jollimore, the organization is part of a national …

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World AIDS Day: HIV activists hopeful for end to backsliding on infections, stigma – National

HIV activists are marking World AIDS Day by urging Ottawa to help stop a global backslide in progress on stemming infections and stigma. “It’s clear to us that this government is seized of the issue, but the truth of the matter is, no movement is happening quickly enough for people …

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Disability minister promises to correct ‘long-standing problem’ of airlines damaging mobility aids

Canada’s federal minister of disability inclusion is promising to help reform air travel for people with disabilities after a Toronto advocate’s wheelchair was “totally damaged” while in the care of Air Canada employees. CBC Toronto told Maayan Ziv’s story last week soon after she found her $30,000 wheelchair broken after landing in Israel for …

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Visa denials denounced at Montreal AIDS conference, federal minister cancels speech

The International AIDS Society will re-evaluate how it organizes international conferences as a result of visa denials by the Canadian government, the organization’s president said Friday in Montreal. The comments came as International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan cancelled a planned appearance at the conference. Adeeba Kamarulzaman told attendees at the …

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