Justice committee  We don't have recent data. We're waiting on the Correctional Service of Canada to provide that update.

Justice committee  Yes, but to be clear, a person who's diagnosed today and who gets on treatment right away has a near-normal life expectancy. Canadian studies have shown this. So yes, it is no longer a fatal illness, but people have a near-normal life expectancy with treatment.

Justice committee  HIV treatment has evolved over time. At first it was not very effective. The latest treatments are fairly simple. They can be taken once daily. More importantly, they have very few side effects. What we're seeing now in the studies that look at people who are aging is that HIV-po

Justice committee  That's a very good question. Those studies are hard to quantify. This relies on people reporting what they may or may not have done in a certain situation. They can't be observed in a proper experiment, so it's uncertain.

Justice committee  It should also be noted that HIV is most likely to be transmitted when a person doesn't even know they have the virus, especially if this person has been recently infected. A new analysis by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control found that a recently infected person was 92% more l

Justice committee  Good morning, and thank you for asking us to appear before the committee today. My name is Sean Hosein, and I am the Science and Medicine Editor at CATIE. For more than 30 years, I have reviewed research on HIV prevention and treatment and disseminated this news in plain langua