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March 20, 2013 | Yahoo! News
When a U.S. doctor at the University of Mississippi Medical Centre announced she appeared to have cured a baby of the HIV virus, headlines roared that it could be a major discovery.
March 19, 2013 | Vancouver Sun
B.C. a bright spot for innovative thinking and transformational, pragmatic new approaches to health care.
March 18, 2013 | CBC News
A small, select group of people infected with HIV showed extraordinary immune responses that were able to hold the virus in check after early and aggressive treatment.
March 12, 2013 | Positive Lite
Positive Lite editor Bob Leahy is now a strong supporter of Treatment as Prevention. Find out what it was that changed his mind.
March 8, 2013 | Toronto Star
No AIDS cure yet: HIV expert Dr. David Margolis says enthusiasm over success with Mississippi baby is unsettling.
March 4, 2013 | BC Business
This Argentinian transplant arrived in B.C. for a post-doctoral fellowship at UBC just as the HIV/AIDS epidemic detonated in the early 1980s.
February 21, 2013 | St. Paul's Hospital Foundation
The St. Paul’s Health Forum is an opportunity for members of the public to hear directly from world-leading experts from our hospital.
February 12, 2013 | Vancouver Courier
The number of charges for cocaine possession and trafficking in Vancouver have plummeted by almost half what they were five years ago.
February 12, 2013 | Vancouver Courier
The chief medical health officer for Vancouver Coastal Health says she supports opening a designated space in the city for people to legally smoke crack cocaine.