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Natural Selection Has Inched Up HIV’s Infectiousness and Virulence

This finding does not suggest that HIV treatment will be any less effective at keeping people healthy or preventing transmission.
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Did You Know TLC’s 1995 Smash “Waterfalls” Addresses HIV?

During 2020 Grammy Week, a panel of artists discussed the power of music to raise awareness.

50 Apartments for People With HIV to Be Built in St. Louis

The $7 million campus is being provided by Doorways, an interfaith nonprofit.
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Drug Company Antitrust Trial Gets 2022 Court Date

Advocates claim Gilead and others unfairly limited competition for HIV combination pills.
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The ever-angry AIDS activist and gay icon returns with a new novel in his American People series.

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Men Who Turn Down PrEP Often Don’t Think They’re at Risk for HIV

Canadian researchers analyzed the reasons why people declined a nurse’s offer of PrEP.
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What Is BG18, and Can It Lead Us to an HIV Vaccine?

An $80,000 grant from The Campbell Foundation will help scientist Natalia Freund continue her HIV vaccine studies.

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More widespread vaccination could reduce cervical, anal, oral and other cancers caused by human papillomavirus.

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Older Women With HIV Appear to Be Aging Successfully

Researchers surveyed HIV-positive women age 50 and older and compared their reports about their aging with those of HIV-negative women.

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