HIV/AIDS

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.

Health & Safety

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

4:52pm February 08, 2019

by Heather Boerner

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.

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

2:04pm December 28, 2018

by Susan Brink

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."

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

1:58pm December 07, 2018

by Melody Schreiber

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.

Larry Dearmon (left) and Stephen Mills pose on their wedding day at Lake Tahoe in 2013.

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

5:18am November 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.

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

8:22pm October 09, 2018

by Heather Boerner

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.

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

7:42am June 01, 2018

by Emily Forman

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.

A photo illustration of the Grindr app is displayed on a smartphone in Berlin, Germany, in February.

Health & Safety

Grindr Admits It Shared HIV Status Of Users

12:42pm April 03, 2018

by Scott Neuman

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.

A needle exchange program at the Austin Community Outreach Center in Austin, Ind., is aimed at stopping spread of HIV.

Mapping How The Opioid Epidemic Sparked An HIV Outbreak

6:00am January 14, 2018

by Heather Boerner

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.

A memorial honoring victims of the AIDS epidemic sits across the street from the former St. Vincent's Hospital site in New York City, where many of the early victims of AIDS were diagnosed.

Health & Safety

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

3:09pm December 01, 2017

by John Henning Schumann

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.

Worldwide there are more than 30 million people living with HIV/AIDs.

Health & Safety

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

9:17pm November 24, 2017

by Elise Hu

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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