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One of the 7 people cured of HIV tells his story. Can his cure work for others?

11:54am July 30, 2024

by David Cox

The "Dusseldorf patient" spoke at last week's AIDS 2024 conference in Munich. Here's what doctors did — and what they say about their ability to replicate the procedure.

Veteran Chinese AIDS campaigner Doctor Gao Yaojie, right, talks with students about AIDS prevention during a series of university lectures in Shanghai, Nov. 30 2006.

Gao Yaojie, a pioneering activist who exposed China's AIDS epidemic, dies at 95

9:43am December 11, 2023

by Emily Feng

A trained gynecologist, Gao became well-known across China for her relentless activism in exposing a man-made AIDS crisis and for her educational work to remove the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS.

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This is the vaginal ring that releases the antiretroviral drug dapivirine to ward off HIV infection. The ring is now going into wider distribution in sub-Saharan Africa, where girls and young women age 15 to 24 accounted for more than 77% of new HIV infections in 2022, according to UNAIDS.

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A vaginal ring that discreetly delivers anti-HIV drugs will reach more women

7:35am December 08, 2023

by Susan Brink

In sub-Saharan Africa, women are at high risk of contracting HIV. Some protective measures carry a stigma but this device enables them to take control without anyone knowing.

PEPFAR, the U.S. multibillion dollar effort to fight HIV/AIDS, funds organizations such as the Coptic hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.

What's behind the debate to re-authorize PEPFAR, the widely hailed anti-HIV effort?

4:05pm September 29, 2023

by Gabriel Spitzer

The program launched by President George W. Bush is credited with saving 25 million lives. Some in Congress want this year's reauthorization tied to language that PEPFAR will not "promote abortion."

President Donald J. Trump touted his plan to end the HIV epidemic during his 2019 State of the Union Address. The effort has sent $1.7 billion mainly to southern states.

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Trump launched an ambitious effort to end HIV. House Republicans want to defund it

4:57pm August 31, 2023

Republicans in Congress back substantial cuts to the budget of the CDC, taking aim at one of former President Donald Trump's major health programs: a push to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S.

A nurse enrolls a participant in an HIV vaccine trial in Masaka, Uganda, an African-led project.

Why inventing a vaccine for AIDS is tougher than for COVID

10:33am January 26, 2023

by Susan Brink

The 4-decades long effort to create an AIDS vaccine suffered a blow with news that a vaccine in a late stage trial was discontinued because results showed it to be ineffective. What are the obstacles?

Robert E. Penn (L) and B.Michael Hunter (R) at the OutWrite Conference in Boston, October 1993.

Black artists have always led AIDS activism. This tribute wants to give them credit

3:11pm May 27, 2022

by Allyson McCabe

Activist Pamela Sneed says this year's walk will honor Black artists' contributions that have been erased from AIDS narratives.

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Black artists have always led AIDS activism. This tribute wants to give them credit

3:11pm May 27, 2022

by Allyson McCabe

Activist Pamela Sneed says this year's walk will honor Black artists' contributions that have been erased from AIDS narratives.

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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

7:00am August 21, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

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.

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 — de

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

2:41pm April 21, 2021

by Sarah Varney

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.