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North Carolina HIV/AIDS Service Organization to Continue Under Different Name Following Funding Losses

The oldest HIV/AIDS service organization in Charlotte, N.C., will continue to provide services under a different name after Friday, despite earlier reports that it was on the verge of closing, the Charlotte Observer reports. Although officials... Read more »

HIV/AIDS Community Spotlight: People Who Made a Difference in 2011

Table of Contents Naina Khanna: Ensuring That Positive Women Get Their Due by Any Means Necessary The Positive Justice Project: Trying to Decriminalize HIV, One Case at a Time Ingrid Floyd: Meeting Harlem and the South Bronx Where They Are... Read more »

Claudia French Named Executive Director of AIDS Action

Washington, D.C. -- AIDS Action announced today that proven advocacy and charity leader Claudia French has been named executive director of the organization effective immediately. French has led the organization in an acting capacity during the... Read more »

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UD, any risk of resistance to partner's different regimen?

Hi Dr!I had a look through the archives and couldn't see an answer to this particular question, so apologies if it is there and I've missed it! My partner and I are both HIV+.We are both on 1st line treatment - me Atripla, and him Reyatez...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,I've addressed this topic many times before. I'll reprint below a small sample of what can be found in the archives. The brief answer to your question is that there is a theoretical chance you could make things worse. HIV evolves... Read more »

partners having unprotected sex with different strains (SEX BETWEEN TWO HIV POSITIVE PARTNERS, 2011)

when i was diagnosed my doctor told me that i am classified as HIV strain 2 and with cd4 count of 5 as of 2007 and now 1095 of october 2010...i have a partner and the doctor told him that his HIV 1 & 2 strain and not taking medications yet...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Even between two HIV positives, unprotected sex remains risky business. Yes, it is possible to acquire a second more virulent or resistant strain of HIV by having bareback sex with another HIVer. (See below.) You report you decided to have... Read more »

Different Answers by different Docs (WHEN TO START TREATMENT, 2009)

Ok, this isn't a safe-sex question. I've read many of your replies to people and respect your wisdom. My CD-4 has been 800 to 1,000 this year and VL not above 24,000. It has been a big decision whether to start meds. I've had 2...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,The reason you have gotten several different opinions on when to start combination antiretroviral therapy is that we really don't know the exact answer! If you were to follow the published recommended guidelines for when to begin treatment,... Read more »

Differing statuses. HIV+ and HIV- gay men

What do you do to protect yourself the best way when having sex with a positive man when you are a negative man?...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

In order to protect yourself from HIV infection when having sex with another man, you need to know some basic concepts:1) Having mucous membrane (in men, the lining of the rectum, urethra, or mouth) contact with your partner's semen or blood... Read more »

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my name is joe...

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

My name is Joe and I have known that I was HIV+ for 12 years now.
I had been with my lover for a year when I began to have
symptoms. I went to the Dr with swollen lymph nodes and a "chest
... Read more »

my name is keith...

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

My name is Keith and I'm an HIV+ gay man living heathily in
Seattle WA. I received my diagnosis in 1988 but believe that I
was infected in 1986 by injection drug use. Of course, hindsight
is always... Read more »

my name is jeff...

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi, my name is Jeff. I have been HIV+ since February of 1991. To
date my T-Cell count is 917 and Viral Load undet. for about 2 and
a half years. I take Crixivan and Epivir only. Am AZT intolerant.
But... Read more »

differences aside...

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

WE as queers need to fight this "war on terrorism" laws that are about to be passed. These laws are open to any groups that may be named a "terrorists group" this could include; queers, hiv positive peoples, visible minorities and all dissenting... Read more »

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