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Scientists Possibly Cured HIV in a Woman for the First Time
Following a cutting-edge treatment four years ago, the “New York patient” is now off of HIV medication and remains “asymptomatic and healthy,” researchers say.
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Scientists Find Unrecognized Virulent HIV Variant: ‘Not a Public Health Crisis'
Scientists have found a previously unrecognized variant of HIV that’s more virulent than usual and has quietly spread in the Netherlands for the past few decades.
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Moderna Launches Clinical Trial of Its mRNA HIV Vaccine
Nearly 60 participants were given their first doses of the experimental HIV vaccine Thursday
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FDA Approves First Injectable HIV Prevention Drug
Apretude, the new drug, is an injectable given every two months as an alternative to HIV prevention pills.
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We Can Save Lives by Changing How We Talk About HIV/AIDS
“So much of what prevents people from talking about HIV/AIDS is actually not having the language,” said David Johns of the National Black Justice Coalition. We need to move away from stigmatizing terms like “full blown AIDS” and create a more welcoming environment where people can be open about their HIV status, Johns says.
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COVID Has Hurt the Fight Against AIDS, Experts Say — But It Could Also Lead to an HIV Vaccine
“Important discoveries stimulated by COVID-19 may also help us make progress against HIV/AIDS,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday.
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Woman's Own Immune System Has Possibly Cured Her of HIV
The co-authors of the study said they believe their findings will bring hope to the estimated 38 million people globally living with the virus.
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At This Thrift Store, 96 Cents of Every Dollar Helps People With HIV/AIDS
“You might get a Donna Karan skirt for $7. You might get some Gucci shoes for $10. … But at the same time it provides a safe, nonjudgmental, nonstigmatizing place for folks to come and know their status and get tested.” Hear from the Out of the Closet thrift store in Dallas, which has an HIV/AIDS testing clinic and pharmacy on site.
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By Revealing His HIV Status, Billy Porter Fights the Stigma
The actor Billy Porter said he was HIV positive in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, going public with his status for the first time in 14 years. It was a brave decision and validates people struggling with HIV, which disproportionately affects Black gay and bisexual men. We heard more from Raniyah Copeland, CEO of the Black AIDS Institute and...
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Billy Porter Shares He's Been Living With HIV for 14 Years: ‘The Truth Is Healing'
After testing positive in 2007, Billy Porter kept the diagnosis mainly to himself for 14 years.
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How a New FDA Study May Help Fight the Ban on Gay Men Donating Blood
The FDA launched a study that could lead to the removal of restrictions on blood donations by gay and bisexual men. Jason Cianciotto of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis joined LX News to talk about the first-of-its-kind study and why blood donation policies should be based on science, not stigma.
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AIDS Report: Kids Are Lagging and COVID-19 Is Harming Care
New numbers on the global AIDS epidemic are showing some big successes, but also some tragic failures
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HIV Vaccine in 2021? Leading Experts ‘Optimistic' About Ongoing Trials
On Sunday, World AIDS Day, the global fight against the human immunodeficiency virus is poised to make important advances thanks to three experimental HIV vaccines that are entering the final stages of testing at sites across the globe, NBC News reports. While any of these three late-stage HIV vaccine trials — known as HVTN 702, Imbokodo and Mosaico — could...
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Patients Sue Northern Indiana Hospital Over Possible Disease Exposure
More than 1,000 surgical patients are suing a northern Indiana hospital after being notified that a sterilization failure could have exposed them to deadly infections.
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NYC Sees Decline in Number of New HIV Diagnoses
Health officials say the number of people newly diagnosed with HIV in New York City has fallen below 2,000 for the first time since the city started keeping records in 2001.
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Global Fund Raises $13.92 Billion to Fight AIDS, TB, Malaria
An organization that funds programs to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria raised at least $13.92 billion for the next three years at an international conference, French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday. The Global Fund said after the conference that Macron, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Bono of the rock band U2 “committed to raise at least a further $100 million...
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California OKs Pharmacists to Dispense HIV Prevention Medication
Pharmacists in California will be able to dispense HIV prevention pills to patients without a doctor’s prescription after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday that supporters say will greatly reduce the spread of infection.
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FDA Approves Second Drug Descovy to Prevent HIV Infection
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the second drug to help prevent HIV infections on Thursday. Descovy is a PrEP or pre-exposure prophylaxis drug, which means the drug is taken daily to lower the risk of getting HIV among people who don’t have the disease but are at risk. “PrEP drugs are highly effective when taken as indicated in...
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Governor: New York Sees Drop in New HIV Diagnoses
New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo says new state figures show the number of new HIV diagnoses has dropped to a new low since the peak of the epidemic.
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Sex With HIV Still a Crime? Updated Laws Divide Advocates
As Sanjay Johnson describes it, his sexual encounter with James Booth on Oct. 2, 2015, was a one-night stand. But it would bind the men inextricably two years later, when Booth walked into an Arkansas police station and accused Johnson of exposing him to HIV. Little Rock prosecutors pursued a criminal charge against Johnson even though a doctor said he...