Five years strong: Celebrating HHS clinical extern program - Hamilton Health Sciences

The guidelines issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have been updated with recent, evidence-based consensus of The Panel for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Adults and Adolescents. Guidelines on antiretroviral treatment of HIV issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were updated in September to reflect the recent, evidence-based consensus of the Panel for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Adults and Adolescents with HIV.1The guidelines do not yet include bictegravir/lenacapavir (Bixlenvo), which was approved by the FDA in August and is currently under review by the Panel for a future update. A new section in the Principles of Antiretroviral Therapy discusses selection and optimization of antiretroviral therapy (ART), and offers considerations in the event of virologic failure.

Hundreds of health-care workers rallied outside Hamilton General Hospital today to protest planned job cuts at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS). With patients already facing long wait times, workers warn the cuts could put even more pressure on the health-care system.

Karli Bourque is the 2026 Pat Mandy Inclusion Award recipient for her work advancing equity, diversity and inclusion at HHS. Pictured is HHS Indigenous Health Manager Elissa Smith, Indigenous leader and former HHS vice-president Pat Mandy, Karli Bourque, and HHS President & CEO Tracey MacArthur. Bourque says equity work isn’t “extraordinary,” it’s the “right thing to do.”

HHS pediatric surgeon and researcher Dr. Michael Livingston was awarded over $560,000 in direct CIHR funding to lead a national study comparing two types of antibiotics for kids whose appendix have ruptured. The study is called ALPACA-MC, and patients take home a cuddly Alpaca toy in recognition of their participation. HHS wins first direct CIHR grant for national pediatric appendicitis study