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New Leadership at Project Inform as Executive Director Steps Down

The group focuses on treatment, research, policy and education around HIV and hepatitis C.

Numerous Medications Are Linked to Depression and Suicidal Symptoms

This finding came from a larger report indicating that U.S. residents are increasingly taking drugs linked to such symptoms.

Docs Allegedly Failed to Test a Man for HIV; Now a Jury Has Awarded Him $18.4M

Sean Stentiford’s HIV wasn’t diagnosed until it had progressed to AIDS and caused brain damage.
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International AIDS Society Appoints Its First HIV-Positive Leader

IAS heads international AIDS conferences. Next up: Amsterdam in July and San Francisco in 2020.

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Scientists found this receptor on the CD4 cells of so-called elite controllers of the virus.

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Everyone needs to come prepared to share their thoughts on what it will take to end the HIV epidemic in America.

“Let’s Stop HIV Together” Relaunches to Fight HIV Stigma

The campaign features people living with HIV and their loved ones.
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Long-Term, Successful HIV Treatment Tied to Lower Cancer Risk

However, people with long-term suppression of HIV still have a higher risk of cancer compared with HIV-negative individuals.

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