News Archive - San Francisco AIDS Foundation

HIV testing is the first step

Getting tested for HIV and STIs every three months is the best way to know your status, get linked to treatment and manage your sexual health.

No effect of cocaine and PrEP on kidneys, but adherence suffers

Using hair samples to quantify cocaine use history, researchers found that both “light” and “heavy” use was associated with less consistent PrEP dosing.

USPSTF Recommendation for PrEP

Task Force recommends that clinicians offer PrEP to individuals at high risk for HIV acquisition.

Top tips for more pleasurable bottoming

Bottoming can (and should) feel amazing—and there’s a lot you can do to improve your experience.

Here’s why you test positive for HIV if you’re undetectable

If you’re undetectable, you will still test positive for HIV. This is expected, and doesn’t mean that your treatment is not working.

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Relaunched Tweaker site tightens ties to substance-use support group

What began as a campaign exploring STI transmission is now an international resource for drug-use safety. SFAF’s Jen Hecht shares the importance of accessible sexual health information and the evolution of drug language.

‘Game Changing’ PrEP Donation Announced

Gilead Sciences, Inc. will donate pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication for up to 200,000 people per year for up to 11 years.

What’s next for Proposition C?

Sam Lew, policy director for Coalition on Homelessness, answered our questions about what’s next for housing and homelessness initiatives in San Francisco.

We are a place of welcome for all

PrEP 2-1-1 offered at Magnet

PrEP on-demand (also known as PrEP 2-1-1) is an alternative dosing strategy in which scheduled Truvada doses are taken around the times of sex instead of once daily.

Finding answers for trans hormone health

Meth, stigma and African American communities in San Francisco

Two harm reductionists discuss race, class, homophobia and other factors that influence Black men who have sex with men and who use speed.

Fact Sheet: Undetectable Viral Load

Key terms and concepts to help you understand what “undetectable” means.

New research: Is Descovy a new option for PrEP?

Exciting results about a candidate PrEP medication were shared at CROI this week.

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