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News Articles: HIV/AIDS

A man waits in line to receive a monkeypox vaccine in Brooklyn, N.Y., earlier this month.

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  • Health

As monkeypox spreads, know the difference between warning and stigmatizing people

While the current monkeypox outbreak appears to mostly affect men who have sex with other men, others are still at risk. History and public health experts say it's dangerous to suggest otherwise.

July 26, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Urvashi Vaid, then-executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, protests at then-President George H.W. Bush's address on AIDS in March 1990 in Arlington, Virginia. The pioneering LGBTQ activist and attorney died last week at age 63.

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  • Obituaries

Remembering Urvashi Vaid, an LGBTQ activist who spent decades fighting for equality

Colleagues, friends and admirers are paying tribute to Vaid, the pioneering attorney and organizer who died at age 63 on Friday. She worked for the ACLU and National LGBTQ Task Force, among others.

May 18, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Volunteers stand after lighting candles in the shape of a red ribbon during an awareness event ahead of World AIDS Day in Kathmandu on Tuesday.

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  • Global Health

What the AIDS crisis can teach us about the COVID pandemic response

This is the second World AIDS Day during the coronavirus pandemic. Public health officials are calling on world leaders to do more to address the inequities at the root of both crises.

December 01, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
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
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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By:
  • Sarah Varney
Pretty Mkhabela, a HIV-positive sex worker in South Africa, gets antiretroviral drugs delivered to her house as part of a campaign to maintain treatment for HIV-positive patients during the pandemic. A new drug called cabotegravir could give women more options to protect themselves from HIV infection.

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  • Global Health

Protecting Women Against HIV Just Got 9 Times Easier

A single injection of a drug called cabotegravir given every two months has been shown to be more effective than a daily oral dose of Truvada.

November 11, 2020
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien
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
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...

December 10, 2019
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge and
  • Sophia Saliby

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  • News

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...

October 19, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 6 more

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  • News

On Second Thought For Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019

About 250 Atlanta citizens with HIV or AIDS could face eviction. Willoughby Mariano, a reporter at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution , and Patrick...

August 06, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 5 more
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...

March 20, 2019
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By:
  • Robert Jimison and
  • Morgan Carter
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) is the most effective prevention for HIV transmission.

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  • News

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...

March 11, 2019
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott

AIDS Funding At Risk In Atlanta

AID Atlanta, the state’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, has filed a lawsuit against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The group...

February 21, 2019
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt
Christopher Harris was diagnosed with AIDS in the 1980s. He was told he would live about a year. An early member of the Atlanta Buyers Club, he's now 73 and has a daughter and three grandchildren.

How A Slip Of Paper Impacted An AIDS Diagnosis

These days HIV can be diagnosed sooner and treated more effectively than when Christopher Harris got his diagnosis. When he contracted the disease,...

December 05, 2017
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By:
  • MITRA BONSHAHI,
  • KERRIE HILLMAN,
  • and 1 more
Kaleb Anderson, 19, attends DePauw University. He learned he was HIV-positive a couple months before he started college.

Commentary: HIV Tried Me. It Lost

This year marks 30 years since the Food and Drug Administration approved AZT , a drug to combat HIV and AIDS. The Atlanta metro area has one of the...

July 21, 2017
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By:
  • Kaleb Anderson
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