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National AIDS Memorial to Launch 50-State AIDS Memorial Quilt Virtual Exhibition
The National AIDS Memorial has announced a virtual exhibition of the AIDS Memorial Quilt (the Quilt) that will feature more than 10,000 Quilt panels representing all 50 state and U.S. territories.
HHS Awards $2.4 Billion in HIV/AIDS Grants
The funding supports a comprehensive system of HIV primary medical care, medication and essential support services vital to improving the health quality of more than half a million people with HIV in the United States.
Timothy Ray Brown, 1st Person Cured of HIV, Dies of Cancer
Timothy Ray Brown, who made history as "the Berlin patient," the first person known to be cured of HIV infection, has died. He was 54.
First Man Cured of HIV Infection Now has Terminal Cancer
Timothy Ray Brown, the first person known to have been cured of HIV infection, says he is now terminally ill from a recurrence of the cancer that prompted his historic treatment 12 years ago.
Why Are Hispanic/Latino Men 4 Times More Likely to Get HIV Than White Men?
Despite an overall decrease in HIV infection rates, the rates for Hispanic/Latino men who have sex with men are more than four times that of white males. EDGE finds out why.
National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Remembering the Other Pandemic
September 27 is National Gay Men's HIV/Awareness Day, which focuses on the disproportionate impact of HIV on gay and bisexual men in the United States — and what we can do in response.
Lawsuit: VA Docs Didn't Tell Military Vet He Was HIV-Positive for 2 Decades
A lawsuit brought by a U.S. military veteran in South Carolina alleges that Veterans Administration doctors didn't tell him of his HIV positive results after testing him in 1995.
Pandemic vs. Pandemic: COVID-19 Hampers Fight Against HIV
As COVID-19 swept through the South, Mel Prince watched with alarm as some of the HIV positive patients she helps in the rural Black Belt stopped showing up for lab tests and doctor's visits.
Lambda Legal: Halt Pentagon Discrimination Against People Living With HIV
In a hearing on two related lawsuits before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, lawyers argued the Pentagon's categorical bar to the enlistment, deployment or commissioning of people living with HIV is unconstitutional.
Two HIV-Positive Former Military Cadets to Have Their Day in Court
"Federal courts have ruled against the Trump administration's attempts to shut down these lawsuits vindicating the rights of servicemembers living with HIV to serve their country free from discrimination," said Scott Schoettes, Lambda Legal.
US Postal Changes Affect HIV Medication Delivery
While changes to Postal Service delivery might be inconvenient, those changes are likely to have the biggest impact on Americans who rely on the service as a means of receiving necessary medications.
Commemorating 30 Years of the Ryan White Care Act
This month marks the 30th anniversary of the Ryan White CARE Act, which has worked under the larger name of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program to provide medical services to people living with HIV/AIDS, and to eventually eradicate the disease.
HIV Knowledge Doesn't Always Change Teen Behavior: Peers Matter
Against the background of rising HIV incidence and disappointing behavior change interventions in Malawi, a group of researchers designed a study to identify where the gap could be.
AIDS Conference: Big Breakthroughs and Missed Targets
Updates on treatment, prevention and next steps were revealed at the 23rd annual AIDS Conference, held online due to COVID-19.
Doctors Say Experimental Treatment May have Rid Man of HIV
A Brazilian man infected with the AIDS virus has shown no sign of it for more than a year since he stopped HIV medicines after an intense experimental drug therapy aimed at purging hidden, dormant virus from his body, doctors reported Tuesday.
AIDS Report: Kids are Lagging and COVID-19 is Harming Care
New numbers on the global AIDS epidemic show some big successes, such as fewer deaths and new infections. But there are also some tragic failures: Only half the children with HIV, the virus that causes the disease, are getting treatment.
Sex Workers Lack Food for Taking HIV Drugs During COVID-19
As the coronavirus spreads in Africa, it threatens in multiple ways those who earn their living on the streets — people like Mignonne, a 25-year-old sex worker with HIV.
Supreme Court Upholds Prostitution Pledge for AIDS Funding
The Supreme Court has upheld a provision of federal law that requires foreign affiliates of U.S.-based health organizations to denounce prostitution as a condition of receiving taxpayer money to fight AIDS around the world.
Lives Lost: South African HIV and Apartheid Activist
Clarence Mini's life was marked by battles against formidable foes. The South African doctor fought apartheid — receiving his medical training in exile — the government's denial of HIV/AIDS and rampant corruption.
AP Fact Check: Trump on an AIDS Vaccine that Doesn't Exist
Seizing on a medical milestone that doesn't exist, President Donald Trump said Tuesday he thinks the same scientific expertise that produced a vaccine for AIDS can deliver one soon for COVID-19, too. There is no vaccine for AIDS.
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