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Health is a core pillar of Xtra’s content … sexual health, mental health, trans health, reproductive health. From our recurring Ask an Expert series to our Ask Kai sex and relationship advice column to in-depth features on breaking medical news, we take a serious, science-based, shame-free approach to all aspects of your health.
Some researchers think the same antibiotic that treats syphilis could also prevent it
Things you need to know about the HIV breakthrough
Mutated strains of HIV are making people sicker. Here’s what we can do about it
BC health minister touts success of the new and free PrEP program
Why advocates are criticizing new guidelines
PrEP may be free now, but who can access it?
‘I think there is still great value in bylaws like this,’ says gay survivor
‘We got it done, and I think it’s a good decision,’ says BC health minister
Why do so few shelters provide a safe space for trans men?
People with undetectable viral loads should no longer be prosecuted for non-disclosure, Ontario and feds say
The Body Love Ball hopes to foster a body-friendly, gender-friendly safer space
One man’s story, from his slow diagnosis more than a decade ago to now
A look at the progress made in Canada, and what still needs to happen
Spencer Chandra Herbert and Sonia Furstenau urge health ministry to pay for PrEP now
Critics say that increased mental health supports, not more police, are solution
Autistiqueers was formed to address the intersection between being queer, trans and autistic
New proposal would cover 5,000 PrEP prescriptions by 2019
Only Ontario and Manitoba have taken legal steps to limit the practice
