Feb 4 2022 — Louise Binder — National Newswatch — Canada’s Premiers are convening today, February 4, on World Cancer Day. That’s a coincidence, but it’s an important one that they must recognize. On behalf of cancer patients with whom my organization and many others have worked across Canada for decades, we trust that the agenda includes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on other diseases. […]
Nov 23 2020 — Louise Binder — National Newswatch — I volunteered in the HIV community for nearly 20 years after my diagnosis in 1994. It was a terrible time for many. Funerals were held every week, with people from diverse populations dying, often quite young. We needed a vaccine or at least treatments. For many, treatments did not come soon enough, and a vaccine […]
May 9 2020 — Louise Binder — National Newswatch — I was diagnosed with HIV in 1994 and given two years to live. I joined Canada’s amazing HIV activists and for the next 18 years worked with industry and governments to ensure access to HIV research trials and treatments as they became available. In 2015, I began working with the oncology community as a new […]