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News Articles: HIV/AIDS

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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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
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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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  • 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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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 6 more

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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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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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  • 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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  • Kaleb Anderson

On Second Thought For Tuesday, June 27, 2017

First, according to a recent lawsuit, hundreds of students at Worth County High School in Sylvester, Georgia were the subject of a humiliating pat-down...

June 27, 2017
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  • Tony Harris ,
  • Emily Cureton ,
  • and 3 more
A strain of high-cannabidiol marijuana is used to create extracts used in experimental epilepsy treatments.

Medical Marijuana Bill Could Help AIDS Patients

One of the bills likely to pass in the Georgia legislature would expand access to medical marijuana . Patients being treated for AIDS are among those...

March 30, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Sean Powers

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