New blood donation rules allow more gay men to give in U.S.The updated guidelines do away with a requirement that men who have sex with men abstain from sex for three months prior to giving blood. Nova Scotia opens 14 more community pharmacy primary care clinics While thousands of Nova Scotians have already used the clinics that started opening last February, pharmacy staffing issues could be a snag as the program continues to expand. Some pharmacists in Nova Scotia to prescribe PrEP Some pharmacists in Nova Scotia will be allowed to prescribe PrEP under a new study out of Dalhousie University. Long-acting injectable PrEP is a big step forward in HIV prevention After successful clinical trials, long-acting cabotegravir was found to be almost 100% effective at preventing HIV. Updated international guidelines now available for HIV treatment and prevention Provide current recommendations for HIV treatment and prevention in adults, and discuss important comorbidities and coinfections in people with HIV. FIP releases handbook on pharmacists' role fighting HIV The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) recently published a handbook on HIV prevention, screening and management, on World AIDS Day. Pharmacy offers PrEP to IV drug users to protect against HIV infections In a unique program, a Regina pharmacist has added PrEP to her harm-reduction offerings for people who use injection drugs. Quiz: How much do you know about PrEP and HIV? How much do you know about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV in people at high risk for the infection? Innovator video series: Andrew Schonbe and the PrEP Clinic In this compelling video series, innovators describe how they followed their passion into pharmacy careers that both change the pharmacy paradigm and make them happy in their work. Gilead seeks Health Canada approval for HIV PrEP indication for Descovy Submission based on data from the DISCOVER trial, which compared Descovy to Truvada First Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last
