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Volunteers stand after lighting candles in the shape of a red ribbon during an awareness event ahead of World AIDS Day in Kathmandu on Tuesday.

What the AIDS crisis can teach us about the COVID pandemic response

Dec 01, 2021
This is the second World AIDS Day during the coronavirus pandemic. Public health officials are calling on world leaders to do more to address the inequities at the root of both crises.
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Health
Tori Cooper is the first Black transgender woman appointed to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.

1st Black Trans Woman On Presidential HIV/AIDS Panel Seeks To Focus On Equality

Aug 21, 2021
As the first Black transgender woman to serve in this capacity, Tori Cooper says she is eager to advocate on behalf of all transgender and non-binary people living with HIV.
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Shots - Health News
Brooke Parker, an organizer with the group Solutions Oriented Addiction Response, displays an HIV testing kit in Charleston, W.Va., in March. Outbreaks of HIV/AIDS are expected to rise as resources have been redirected to the fight against COVID-19 — d

Strides Against HIV/AIDS In The U.S. Falter As Resources Diverted To Fight COVID-19

Apr 21, 2021
Experts fear steep declines in testing and diagnoses mean more people will contract HIV and die of AIDS. The problem is particularly acute in the South, the epicenter of the nation's HIV crisis.
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Goats and Soda
Pretty Mkhabela, a HIV-positive sex worker in South Africa, gets antiretroviral drugs delivered to her house as part of a campaign to maintain treatment for HIV-positive patients during the pandemic. A new drug called cabotegravir could give women more o

Protecting Women Against HIV Just Got 9 Times Easier

Nov 11, 2020
A single injection of a drug called cabotegravir given every two months has been shown to be more effective than a daily oral dose of Truvada.
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Goats and Soda

What Happens When A Pandemic And An Epidemic Collide

Jul 14, 2020
At the international AIDS conference last week — held virtually — concerns were shared about the impact of the novel coronavirus on efforts to fight AIDS.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
In 2011, Judy Mikovits was fired from the Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease, in Reno, Nev. She was then accused of stealing notebooks and a computer.

Seen 'Plandemic'? We Take A Close Look At The Viral Conspiracy Video's Claims

May 08, 2020
The video has been viewed millions of times on YouTube via links that are replaced as quickly as the video-sharing service can remove them for violating its policy against "COVID-19 misinformation."
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Shots - Health News
A march in the Castro area of San Francisco in 1983 was one example of activism that emerged at that time to push for a more coordinated federal response, more funding and better medicine in light of the AIDS epidemic.

Could Lessons From The Early Fight Against AIDS Inform The Coronavirus Response?

Apr 10, 2020
Doctors and activists who worked through the early years of AIDS say there are similarities between those days and the current pandemic — and insights that could help shape strategy.
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Goats and Soda

They Thought This HIV Strategy Couldn't Work. But It Did

Jun 24, 2019
An unprecedented five-year study aimed to find out whether the treatments to stop the spread of HIV in the West would work in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Goats and Soda

New HIV Map Offers Most Detailed Look Yet At The Epidemic

May 15, 2019
Knowing where rates of prevalence are highest — and lowest — can lead to new strategies for treatment and prevention. The map focuses on sub-Saharan Africa, the epicenter of the epidemic.
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Goats and Soda
The anti-HIV drug dolutegravir is effective — but may carry a risk for pregnant women.

A Promising Anti-HIV Drug Poses A Dilemma

Apr 19, 2019
The medication is very effective, but there's concern it might cause birth defects if taken by a pregnant woman. Different countries address that issue in very different ways.
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Goats and Soda
Siddharth Dube, a longtime public health advocate, has written a memoir: <em>An Indefinite Sentence: A Personal History of Outlawed Love and Sex.</em>

Taunted As A 'Sissy Boy,' Siddharth Dube Shares His Life Story In New Memoir

Apr 13, 2019
The public health advocate came of age in India when homosexuality was outlawed. He reflects on his experiences in An Indefinite Sentence: A Personal History of Outlawed Love and Sex.
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Shots - Health News
A color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph shows HIV particles (orange) infecting a T cell, one of the white blood cells that play a central role in the immune system.

Bone Marrow Transplant Renders Second Patient Free Of HIV

Mar 05, 2019
British doctors report the apparent eradication of HIV from a patient who was undergoing treatment for cancer. It's only the second time this has been accomplished, despite many attempts.
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Shots - Health News
Dr. Michelle Salvaggio, medical director of the Infectious Diseases Institute at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, points to drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS. Medical advancements since the epidemic surfaced in the 1980s hav

White House Plan To Stop HIV Faces A Tough Road In Oklahoma

Feb 19, 2019

Trump's plan includes a focus on fighting HIV in the rural Midwest and South. But there are doubts in Oklahoma, where the state's uninsured rate and stigmatization of HIV are high.

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Shots - Health News
Brittany Williams, a doctoral candidate at the University of Georgia, started taking Truvada when she began dating a man living with HIV. Even though the relationship ended, she continues to take it.

To Halt HIV, Advocates Push For PrEP Outreach To Black Women

Feb 08, 2019
After gay and bisexual men, black women are the group at highest risk for HIV transmission. Here's how women are teaching each other about the most effective ways to prevent infection.
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Goats and Soda
A girl is treated for suspected cholera infection at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. There were more than 1 million cases of cholera in the country between April 2017 and April 2018.

The Health Of The World In 2018, By The Numbers

Dec 28, 2018
There is cause for optimism — and for despair. One statistic is so distressing that the Red Cross calls it "a hideous milestone for the 21st century."
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Goats and Soda
A woman in Johannesburg, South Africa, uses an HIV kit that tests for antibodies in oral fluids.

UNAIDS Report: 9 Million Are Likely HIV Positive And Don't Know It

Dec 07, 2018
That's why public health officials are urging people to "know your status." But if they learn they are HIV positive, there isn't always a clear path to treatment.
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StoryCorps
Larry Dearmon (left) and Stephen Mills pose on their wedding day at Lake Tahoe in 2013.

A Couple Reflects On A Loss From AIDS That Brought Them Together

Nov 30, 2018
Shortly after Larry Dearmon lost his partner to AIDS in 1991, he met Stephen Mills, the man he'd eventually marry. At StoryCorps, the couple talks about the impact Larry's prior relationship has had.
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Shots - Health News
On re-entering society, formerly incarcerated people struggle to get health care and treatment for HIV.

After Prison, Many People Living With HIV Go Without Treatment

Oct 09, 2018
When HIV-positive people leave prison, they often lose access to medical care and the drugs that suppress the virus. It's a missed opportunity in the fight against HIV, public health advocates say.
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Shots - Health News
Surgeons at Johns Hopkins perform a transplant using an HIV-positive organ.

Study Aims To Show Transplants Between HIV-Positive Patients Are Safe, Save Lives

Jun 01, 2018
Hundreds of otherwise viable organs that are HIV-positive are wasted each year, while HIV-positive patients in need of transplants languish on waiting lists. Researchers want to change that.
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The Two-Way
A photo illustration of the Grindr app is displayed on a smartphone in Berlin, Germany, in February.

Grindr Admits It Shared HIV Status Of Users

Apr 03, 2018
The dating app now says it will stop sharing the information after acknowledging two companies it hired to analyze usage had access to encrypted forms of the data.
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Will Trump Budget Lead To HIV/AIDS Increase In Nevada?

Jan 31, 2018

Many people watched President Donald Trump’s State of the Union add

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Shots - Health News
Interviews with people in Scott County, Ind., identified people at high risk of HIV infection (blue circles), and people with HIV (red circles).  Larger circles represent people with more high-risk contacts.

Mapping How The Opioid Epidemic Sparked An HIV Outbreak

Jan 14, 2018
Researchers knew the HIV outbreak in the small town of Austin, Ind., was related to IV drug use. Mapping how the virus mutated over time revealed its path — and how it might have been stopped.
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Shots - Health News
Protestors carry signs at a rally in New York City on October 7, 1995 in New York City. Activists played a key role in speeding research that developed treatments for HIV.

What We've Learned Treating People With HIV Can Make Care Better For Us All

Dec 01, 2017
AIDS has been transformed from a death sentence into a manageable chronic disease. The holistic approach to care that helped make that possible could transform health care for us all.
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The Salt
Worldwide there are more than 30 million people living with HIV/AIDs.

How One Pop-Up Restaurant Is Fighting Stigma Against HIV/AIDS

Nov 24, 2017
A Toronto pop-up restaurant serves food prepared by chefs living with HIV/AIDS. NPR's Elise Hu talks to Joanne Simons, CEO of the Casey House hospital, about how the eatery breaks down stigma.
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Shots - Health News
Vargas coached Galvan through his fear of coming out to his doctor and how to help educate the physician about treating a gay man.<em> </em>

'Here It Goes': Coming Out To Your Doctor In Rural America

Nov 21, 2017
For LGBTQ Americans in rural areas, finding a sympathetic physician can be difficult. And that challenge makes getting appropriate health care even harder.
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