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Rick Guasco
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Living with HIV since at least 1992. Lifelong Chicagoan. Gay. Latino. Star Trek fan. Editor-in-chief of @PosAware magazine. Creator of @adaywithhiv.
Taking my HIV medication before putting on my reading glasses and getting back to work.
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A new bottle of my HIV medication, a new month of beating back the virus.
November 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Temperatures in the mid-60s in Chicago in mid-November! Reason enough to take my HIV medication outside.
November 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
@marksking.bsky.social is turning 65 so he’s having a virtual birthday celebrating people with HIV/AIDS and turning it into a fundraiser for @reunion_Project The Reunion Project, the nationwide network of long-term survivors.
positivelyaware.com/mark-king-birthday-party
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
An 8a. Zoom webinar at home is the perfect time and place to take my #HIV medication.
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Morning essentials: Microwaveable oatmeal, NPR, my iPhone, reading glasses (to read what’s on the iPhone) and my #HIV medication.
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It’s been a while since I had oatmeal but it goes well with my #HIV medication.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Because National Guard troops among other federal agents are roaming my city, I needed to hear this story on NPR.

“I gotta stay and do the good I can, because the person behind me might not.”

www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
In an encrypted group chat, National Guard members question Trump deployments
As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
After tear-gassing a street in Little Village over the weekend, dozens of border patrol agents gathered at the Bean early Monday for a photo op, with chief Gregory Bovino and a few guard dogs at the front.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I think I’ll just work from home today and take my #HIV medication.
Actually, after I took my pill I got dressed and went in to the office.
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
With record sales of its Biktarvy and PrEP drug Descovy and the debut of Yeztugo, its six-month injectable for PrEP, Gilead Sciences reported $7.3 billion in 3rd-quarter sales—$5.3 billion of it from its HIV business. Also, Biktarvy gets an extended lease on life.
positivelyaware.com/gilead-3q-sales
Gilead’s thriving HIV business boosts third-quarter sales
positivelyaware.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Scrambled eggs with bacon (or ham) is my favorite weekend breakfast, which is what I had yesterday (Saturday) with my #HIV medication, but I forgot to post the picture until today.
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
For Sunday breakfast I treated myself to pancakes topped off by my #HIV medication.
November 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Funded by ViiV Healthcare, maker of cabotegravir, the ongoing study will look at injection site reactions over a six-month post-injection period to measure participants’ willingness to use either cabotegravir or lenacapavir, produced by Gilead Sciences.
positivelyaware.com/clarity-study-results
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
11 years ago the hep C drug sofosbuvir was launched at $82,000 for a 12-week regimen. “we predicted that it could be made for $68–$136”—now the generic version is $21, says the researcher whose team who now says $25 for lenacapvir for PrEP is possible.
positivelyaware.com/25-dollar-lenacapavir
November 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I get the feeling I should take my #HIV medication before having the last bite of my chocolate chip cookie.
November 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
When federal judge in Chicago on Thursday issued an extensive injunction restricting federal agents’ use of force, she quoted a famous poem about Chicago by Carl Sandburg.
poets.org/poem/chicago
Chicago
Hog Butcher for the World,
poets.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We had pizza at work to celebrate the arrival of a new colleague. When it was done, all that was left was to take my #HIV medication.
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
While out to lunch with a friend, I had a turkey sammich with my #HIV medication. I love cranberry relish.
November 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
After photographing the cover of an upcoming issue of @posaware.bsky.social in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, lunch—chicken tacos and my #HIV medication at 5 Rabanitos on 18th Street.
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Why Trump’s nominee to lead NASA, billionaire Jared Isaacman, is the wrong man for the job.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
A confidential manifesto lays out Isaacman's sweeping new vision for NASA
The former, and possibly future, nominee for the space agency said he did not intend for the document’s public release.
www.politico.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Thanks to Standard Time, I have an extra hour to take my #HIV medication today.
November 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Waiting for my large lavender latte so I can take my #HIV medication.
November 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
For the 2nd time in a row, #HHS secretary RFK, Jr., has postponed a meeting of the #USPSTF which preventive health services—such as #PrEP—must be covered by insurers. An HHS spokesperson cited the government shutdown as the cause, blaming Democrats.
positivelyaware.com/USPSTF-meeting-canceled-again
November 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“I’ve learned to thrive with and because of my diagnosis,” writes Bridgette Picou. “Yet, I find myself back full circle. Worrying about dying and HIV. Or rather, once again worrying about how not to die while navigating life with HIV.”
positivelyaware.com/living-by-not-dying
October 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM