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CATIE celebrates researchers awarded Nobel prize for hepatitis C discovery

October 9, 2020 • By Shannon Elliot

The hepatitis C community woke up to great excitement on the morning of October 5, 2020. A flurry of tweets, texts and e-mails shared the news that the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine had been jointly awarded to Dr. Michael Houghton (University of Alberta, Canadian Network on Hepatitis C), Dr. Harvey J. Alter (U.S. National Institutes of Health) and Dr. Charles M. Rice (The Rockefeller University) for their roles in the discovery of the hepatitis C virus.

Re-imagining HIV prevention with young adult Black same-gender-loving men

October 7, 2020 • By David Absalom

Current HIV prevention efforts have and continue to fail Black same-gender-loving (SGL)* men. But with meaningful reflection and changes to service delivery, this can change.

The CTN: 30 years of driving Canada’s HIV research efforts

October 2, 2020 • By Hannah Branch

Thirty years ago, a group of scientists gathered around a kitchen table on Davie Street, in the heart of Vancouver’s West End, to discuss ways to provide better care for and prolong the lives of people living with HIV who, at the time, were dying by the hundreds and extremely stigmatized. In Canada, there was not yet a network for physicians to come together and conduct HIV clinical trials. And so, the CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network (CTN) was born, providing a platform for Canadian researchers to generate good scientific evidence.

Valuing lived experience of substance use in our organizations: Five areas of policy and best practice

September 1, 2020 • By Murray Jose-Boerbridge

Does your organization support the meaningful engagement of individuals with lived experience of substance use? The assumption and our immediate response to this question should be a resounding yes! However, we know that this is often not the case.

New lab process in B.C. simplifying the hepatitis C care cascade

August 17, 2020 • By Prof. Mel Krajden, Dr. Agatha Jassem and Dr. Sofia Bartlett

British Columbians can now be diagnosed with hepatitis C from a single blood test, saving time and money for both patients and the health care system. This is thanks to a new testing process introduced by the Public Health Laboratory at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), known as hepatitis C (HCV) RNA reflex testing.

Testing for HIV at home: How Ottawa is piloting self-testing

August 12, 2020 • By Alexandra Musten

To end the HIV epidemic in Canada, it is important for people who are HIV-positive to know their status and to be linked to care. To do that, we have to reach people who are not testing now and make the process easier for them.