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News Articles: HIV

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'They Know What A Pandemic Is': HIV Survivors See Similarities To AIDS Epidemic

The coronavirus pandemic feels eerily familiar to people who faced the AIDS crisis. It triggers memories of confusion over how the disease is transmitted and huge numbers of people dying quickly.

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  • Lesley McClurg
A woman adjusts a red ribbon, symbol of the fight against AIDS during a demonstration on World Aids Day, in Pamplona northern Spain, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014.

'Get Tested': Georgia Leads In New HIV Infections, People Living With AIDS

The South is leading the nation in new HIV infections and Georgia is the epicenter with the highest percentage of people infected and living with AIDS....

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In this June 27, 2013, file photo, Reggie Batiste, program manager with AIDS Healthcare Foundation, administers a free HIV test as part of National HIV Testing Day in Atlanta.

DeKalb County Gets $1.5M From CDC To Fight HIV

A metro Atlanta county will be one of three pilot sites nationwide to run a federal program aimed at preventing the spread of HIV, health officials said...

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OST Full Show: Sisterlove Inc., Bankhead, Buford Highway

Being diagnosed with HIV is no longer a death sentence. In Atlanta, SisterLove, Inc. focuses on improving access to prevention resources. Tonight, the...

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Health officials say more than 1.1 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV, but 20 percent of them don't know it. Health officials say HIV testing is critical to stopping the spread of the virus.

Emergency Funding Approved To Avert Atlanta's HIV Housing Crisis

As federal money pours into Georgia to end new HIV infections, hundreds of people living with HIV and AIDS are being threatened with eviction. Nonprofit...

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The essential oil market has skyrocketted, but there are associated health risks.

Keeping Kids Safe Around Essential Oils

Last year, U.S. retail sales of essential oils topped $133 million. That number doesn’t include sales from multi-level marketers, who sell directly to...

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Harry Ethridge, client services manager at the Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition, and Jonathan Spuhler, an outreach coordinator for Absolute Care and volunteer at AHRC, set up a needle exchange station for drug users to swap used syringes for clean ones..

Georgia Latest State to Legalize Needle Exchange to Stop HIV

James Lane has a backpack full of syringes slung across his shoulder as he goes to exchange used needles for sterile ones at a small booth set up by an...

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  • Sanya Mansoor Associated Press
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar during an interview at the 2019 National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta.

HHS Secretary Alex Azar on Trump Plan To End HIV By 2030

Just over a month after President Donald Trump shared his goal to eliminate HIV in the next decade, his health secretary is out touting details of how...

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Pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) is the most effective prevention for HIV transmission.

How Realistic Is Trump's Proposal To End HIV By 2030? Emory University Researcher Answers

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show Georgia has the highest rate of new Human Immunodeficiency Viruses (HIV) infections...

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Dr. Bhargav Mistry (right), a transplant surgeon for Sanford Health, prepares Sgt. Francisco Raatz's healthy kidney for transplant into his battle buddy, Spc. John Chase, on Sept. 27, 2011, at Sanford Health in Fargo, N.D.

Overdose Victims Are Donors Of 1 In 8 Transplanted Organs

A new study from Johns Hopkins University finds that 1 in 8 organ transplants in the United States involves organs from someone who died of a drug...

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On Second Thought For Tuesday, December 5, 2017

New FBI data show an uptick in reported hate crimes. Nationwide, 2016 saw more than 6,100 incidents, up by more than 270 from the year before. Georgia...

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Georgia Rep. Betty Price

Georgia Rep. Price Says HIV Comments Taken Out Of Context

Georgia Rep. Betty Price says her comments on people with HIV that ignited a national firestorm were "taken completely out of context." Price, the wife...

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  • Associated Press

On Second Thought For Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Federal prosecutors are investigating bribes paid to Atlanta city officials in exchange for business contracts. Two contractors have already plead...

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In this Feb. 19, 2017 photo, freelance journalist Matt Terrell stands next to a marker he designed that shows Atlanta's HIV infection rate, which is updated once a week. It is on display outside the Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta.

CDC: New HIV Cases Decline In Georgia

Atlanta is the fifth highest metro area for rates of new HIV diagnoses , but recent data shows annual infection rates in the state are dropping ,...

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Anti-retroviral drugs can help save HIV/AIDS patients lives, but they need to be taken without interruptions.

Why HIV/AIDS Is Still A Public Health Crisis

The HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. isn’t the crisis it was in the 1980s and 1990s. Testing and treatment options have improved, but people are still...

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