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News Articles: hiv prevention

A pharmacist holds a bottle of pills and examines it

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  • Health

Georgians could get screened for HIV meds prescribed in pharmacies if this bill passes

Proposed legislation would expand health care access to people at risk of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

March 07, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A mobile lab visits a village in the war-torn Kharkiv region. Villagers line up for general checkups. HIV testing and treatment is a big part of the agenda.<br>

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  • Global Health

Ukraine keeps up the fight against HIV while fighting a war

Progress in preventing infections was being made in the country with Europe's second-highest number of HIV cases. Then came the Russian invasion.

September 19, 2024
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By:
  • David Cox
A patient with AIDS at a community hospital in the Central African Republic. Sub-Saharan Africa has high rates of HIV infection -- and was the location for a trial testing the effectiveness of a new strategy for preventing infection.<br>

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  • Global Health

A new way to prevent HIV delivers dramatic results in trial

The testing of lenacapavir was halted because results were so impressive — 100% effectiveness. The decision was made to give all participants the injection rather than the alternative daily pill.

July 03, 2024
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By:
  • Maria Isabel Barros Guinle
Hydeia Broadbent attends the Los Angeles premiere of Apple's "They Call Me Magic" at Regency Village Theatre on April 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, Calif.

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  • Obituaries

Hydeia Broadbent, a prominent HIV/AIDS activist, dies at 39

Broadbent, diagnosed at age 3, was one of the first generation of children born HIV positive, and known for raising awareness to lessen the stigma of the disease from a young age. She died Tuesday.

February 22, 2024
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By:
  • Diba Mohtasham
Alexis Perkins, 25, tried to get a prescription for PrEP during a recent visit to her OB-GYN in Atlanta, but her doctor did not feel confident prescribing it.

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  • Health Care

PrEP prevents HIV infections, but it's not reaching Black women

A significant number of new HIV infections happen among Black women, and a health education effort in Atlanta wants to make sure Black women can access the HIV-prevention medicines known as PrEP.

October 03, 2023
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By:
  • Sam Whitehead
A close-up of a person in a white buttoned shirt with a red AIDS ribbon.

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  • News

Emory’s Hope Clinic seeks participants for first human clinical trial of HIV vaccine using mRNA

Emory’s Hope Clinic and Vaccine Center is one of four sites in the country participating in the study. The ultimate goal is to vaccinate people against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

June 14, 2022
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Tori Cooper is the first Black transgender woman appointed to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.

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  • Health

1st Black Trans Woman On Presidential HIV/AIDS Panel Seeks To Focus On Equality

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.

August 21, 2021
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Counseling a newly diagnosed HIV patient in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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  • Global Health

Ambitious Plan To Stem HIV/AIDS Epidemic Meets None Of Its Goals

The target numbers, focusing on kids, teens and young women, were part of the 5-year "Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free" program. What went wrong? Is there hope for improvement in the future?

July 29, 2021
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By:
  • Adela Wu
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 — delaying and sometimes cutting off HIV testing and treatment.

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  • Health

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

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.

April 21, 2021
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  • Sarah Varney
GPB News NPR

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  • Global Health

What Happens When A Pandemic And An Epidemic Collide

At the international AIDS conference last week — held virtually — concerns were shared about the impact of the novel coronavirus on efforts to fight AIDS.

July 14, 2020
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By:
  • Susan Brink
The essential oil market has skyrocketted, but there are associated health risks.

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  • Health

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...

June 10, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Jake Troyer

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