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News Articles: HIV

In 2003, President George W. Bush created PEPFAR to help countries tackle the HIV/AIDS crisis. Four years later, he spoke at the Rose Garden to urge lawmakers to set aside $30 billion for the cause over the next 5 years. Joining him were Kunene Tantoh of South Africa and her 4-year-old son (pictured). Tantoh, who is HIV-positive, coordinated a U.S.-funded mentoring program for mothers with HIV.

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  • Global Health

George W. Bush's anti-HIV program is hailed as 'amazing' — and still crucial at 20

PEPFAR is the "most amazing thing in the history of HIV," says Dr. Sharon Lewin, president of the International AIDS Society. Bush himself came to Washington this month to urge reauthorization..

February 28, 2023
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By:
  • Melody Schreiber
An expected change in FDA policy would make it easier for men who have sex with men to donate blood.

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  • Health

FDA moves to ease restrictions on blood donations for men who have sex with men

Long criticized as discriminatory, the policy has prevented many gay and bisexual men from donating blood. The Food and Drug Administration revealed a draft of its new approach on Friday.

January 27, 2023
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By:
  • Rob Stein and
  • Will Stone
Do some people have built-in protection against a COVID infection?

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  • Global Health

From COVID to mpox to polio: Our 9 most-read 'viral' stories in 2022

It was a big year for viruses, which simply refused to be ignored. And unlike the previous two years, COVID had to share the spotlight.

December 09, 2022
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By:
  • Laurel Dalrymple
A man in gloves tests a patient for HIV

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  • Health

On World AIDS Day, Georgia leads the nation in new HIV cases — and Atlanta is a hot spot

Georgia is far from meeting the kind of goals that have been established for the nation for 2030 in terms of reduction of new HIV infections and suppression of the virus for people living with HIV.

December 01, 2022
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Priti Krishtel, a 2022 MacArthur fellowship winner, says of her work to create fair drug prices for the world: "I just don't think that people's ability to heal should depend on their ability to pay." Her father worked in the pharmaceutical industry and inspired in her a love of science and finding cures.

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  • Global Health

This MacArthur 'genius' grantee says she isn't a drug price rebel but she kind of is

Health justice lawyer Priti Krishtel doesn't believe your ability to heal should depend on your ability to pay. Her mission is to reform the patent system that drug companies use to block competition.

October 13, 2022
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By:
  • Max Barnhart
OraQuick test

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  • Health

Emory initiative will mail one million HIV tests nationwide, for free

“We're not going to end the HIV epidemic until we make testing for HIV convenient and routine,” said Patrick Sullivan, lead infectious disease specialist for the Emory initiative. 

 

September 27, 2022
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Do some people have built-in protection against a COVID infection?

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  • Global Health

So you haven't caught COVID yet. Does that mean you're a superdodger?

A new study suggests that. yes, there are superdodgers. But explaining why they've been able to avoid the virus is a bit complicated.

September 12, 2022
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, White House Monkeypox response deputy coordinator, speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Washington.

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  • Health

The top White House monkeypox doc takes stock of the outbreak — and what's next

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis is steering the U.S. monkeypox response. A month into the job, he sees signs of success, but there's still more to be done.

September 12, 2022
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By:
  • Pien Huang
A man in gloves tests a patient for HIV

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  • Health

Morehouse partners with Gilead to track health inequities, promote HIV testing and treatment

Gilead Sciences Inc. is awarding $4.5 million in grants over the next three years to the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine and Xavier University in Louisiana. The money will go toward addressing the social as well as the political determinants of health.

August 25, 2022
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge

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  • News

Groups call for halt to CDC's HIV genetic surveillance program

For years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been tracking outbreaks of HIV infections using genetic sequencing. Some are calling for this practice to stop. Sam Whitehead of Kaiser Health News’ Southern Bureau has been reporting on this. He spoke with GPB’s Peter Biello.

August 04, 2022
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By:
  • Peter Biello
Dozens of <em>Leishmania</em> parasites (purple) surround 3 white blood cells (orange) in this image magnified 1,000 times.

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  • Global Health

A nasty disease is even nastier for patients with HIV. Now there's encouraging news

It's called visceral leishmaniasis. It's spread by sandflies and fatal if left untreated. Fortunately, a new drug regimen holds promise.

July 07, 2022
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By:
  • Max Barnhart
DeMarcus Beckham, HIV advocate in the North Central Public Health district, performs a demonstration of an HIV test. Rapid HIV blood tests take less than five minutes for results.

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  • Health

Georgia has some of the highest HIV rates in the country. But treatment has never been easier

The ability to know your HIV status only takes minutes, which should mean good things for preventing new infections.

July 01, 2022
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Scientists have discovered that a drug used to treat HIV helps restore a particular kind of memory loss in mice. The results hold promise for humans, too.

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  • Health

A drug for HIV appears to reverse a type of memory loss in mice

In mice, the HIV drug maraviroc restored a system that links new memories that are made around the same time. The finding could help treat memory problems in people.

May 28, 2022
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
A man uses a safe injection site in New York City in January. A bill in California would allow pilot sites in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles.

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  • Health Care

California debates opening supervised sites for people to use drugs

Advocates of the proposal say it would prevent overdoses, slow the spread of HIV and inspire drug users to seek help, while proponents say safe injection sites would create an "open drug scene."

May 23, 2022
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By:
  • Lesley McClurg
There are parallels between COVID and HIV. Despite effective treatment and prevention tools, preventable deaths continue because of difficulties reaching out to and educating people about the tools. And even as the country seems determined to move on from the pandemic, as of April 2022, someone dies of COVD-19 every four minutes in the U.S.

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  • Health

Despite effective treatments, HIV drags on. Experts warn COVID may face the same fate

HIV remains a problem in the U.S. because people don't use life-saving prevention and treatments. COVID is heading down the same path. Here are insights from people fighting on the frontlines of HIV.

April 19, 2022
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
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