POZ March 2025
POZ March 2025
In every issue of POZ, you’ll find the latest health news, personal stories and much more.
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Features
Be the Light
Bridgette Picou, a nurse living with HIV, helps women advocate for themselves.
Sharing Knowledge Through Art
Long-Term Survivor Monica Johnson and her artist friend Tamela King have produced an illustrated primer on HIV.
Self-Care Tips for HIV Advocates
HIV advocacy can be hard work. Check out these self-care tips to stay motivated and maintain emotional resilience.
Editor’s Letter
With a Little Help From My Friends
I’m forever grateful for their support.
POZ Q&A
AIDS Tales
ACT UP veteran Keiko Lane puts her memories to paper.
POZ Planet
AIDS Quilt Records Get Digitized
The archive is reunited with digitized Quilt panels.
HIV Clinic Opens in Minneapolis
The site has prevention and care services.
Insurer Agrees to Cover Common HIV Drugs
The Maine health plan responded to a discrimination complaint.
Pregnant and Positive
Long-term survivor Evaline Beaird learned she was HIV positive during a pregnancy.
Awards to Advance Viral Load Detection
Three companies receive more than $4 million in funds.
Everyday – March 2025
These dates represent milestones in the HIV epidemic. Visit poz.com/aidsiseveryday to learn more about the history of HIV and AIDS.
Positive Destinations, an Online Travel Resource
The HIV Justice Network rebrands its travel database.
AIDS Fund Philly Closes
The nonprofit served greater Philadelphia since 1989.
Voices
POZ Awards 2024
POZ editors compiled the winners, as voted on by readers, of the 9th Annual POZ Awards, which spotlight HIV and AIDS in media and culture.
Centering Black Women
“Black Women, Racism and HIV in the U.S.” is a POZ.com blog post by The Well Project. Below is an edited excerpt.
Spotlight
R.I.P. HIV Heroes
The HIV community lost two fierce warriors last December.
Basics
HIV and the Brain
Starting antiretroviral treatment and staying mentally active can improve your neurological health.
Care & Treatment
Breakthrough of the Year: Twice-Yearly PrEP
“Science acknowledges the next, but by no means final, step in the drive to fight AIDS," wrote Science magazine’s editor-in-chief.
Government OKs Positive-to-Positive Transplants
The new rule should expand access to transplants for people living with HIV.
Eighth Person May Be Cured of HIV
Each new case offers clues that could help scientists develop a more widely applicable functional cure.
IAS-USA Updates HIV Recommendations
Throughout the recommendations, the authors discuss barriers that impede access to HIV prevention, treatment and care.
Research Notes
Prevention: Apretude PrEP
Two studies found that the injections administered every other month were at least 99% effective for preventing HIV.
Treatment: Doravirine/Islatravir
Doravirine (sold alone as Pifeltro) is Merck’s next-generation non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor.
Cure: Double Dolutegravir
Intensifying antiretroviral treatment may shrink one’s viral reservoir, a Phase II trial found.
Concerns: Genital Herpes
A new World Health Organization analysis estimates that some 42 million people acquired genital herpes in 2020.
Nutrition & Fitness
Baked Falafel and Tzatziki
Try a healthier baked—not deep-fried—version.
Massage Therapy
Boost immune system, alleviate stress, ease side effects of cancer and more.
Heroes
Looking in the Mirror
Valencia Landry has dug in for battle in the Lone Star State, where she finds purpose and meaning in her HIV advocacy.
Digital Edition
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