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Harold Phillips, senior HIV advisor and chief operating officer of “Ending the HIV Epidemic:
The U.S. Finally Has a New AIDS Czar!
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed, Representative Barbara Lee and the National AIDS Memorial's John Cunningham, June 2021
Watch HIV Leaders Mark 40 Years of AIDS
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Montreal to Host the 2022 International AIDS Conference

United Nations Adopts New Goals to End AIDS by 2030

Only four members at the U.N. high-level meeting on AIDS voted against a declaration to reduce HIV rates and stigma.
(Left to right) Gregorio Millett, PhD; John Peterson, PhD; Byron Mason, MPH; and David Malebranche, MD, MPH

R.I.P. Dr. John L. Peterson: “Because Of Him, Black Gay Lives Matter”

Long before health equity was on everyone’s lips, Peterson pioneered research on systemic injustice and its impact on Black men with HIV.
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World Blood Donor Day 2021: Give Blood and Keep the World Beating

Plus: Buy a “Queer Blood America” work by artist Jordan Eagles, who fights the FDA’s discriminatory ban on blood donors.
Gagna Stone co-founded God's Love We Deliver in 1986 to provide meals to New Yorkers with AIDS

R.I.P. Ganga Stone, Who Fed People Living With AIDS and Cofounded GLWD

Watch Ganga Stone explain the history of God’s Love We Deliver and the need to provide meals to people with AIDS. [VIDEOS]

FDA Approves Two Hepatitis C Treatments for Younger Children

The Epclusa and Mavyret combination pills are now indicated for kids as young as age 3.

Honor International NASH Day 2021—Your Liver Will Thank You!

NASH is a more severe form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Learn more about this type of hepatitis on #NASHday 2021.

Official Said No One Had Ever Died of AIDS in Scott County. So We Checked

Citing lack of AIDS cases, Indiana county commissioner votes to shutter needle exchange.
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak at a Las Vegas Pride Festival in June 2021.

Nevada Updates Its HIV Crime Laws, Allows PrEP and PEP Access at Pharmacies

Nevada’s governor signed four LGBTQ- and HIV-related bills into law during a Pride celebration in Las Vegas.

HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day 2021

This year’s #HLTSAD is Saturday, June 5, the 40th anniversary of the first AIDS cases reported in the United States.

40 Years In and 10.2 Million People With HIV Still Aren’t on Treatment

UNAIDS assesses the progress—and path forward—to a healthy and happy life for all people affected by HIV.

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R.I.P. Marco Castro-Bojorquez, Human Rights Advocate and Filmmaker

He was dedicated to uplifting Latinos, immigrants and people living with HIV.
The cover of “Red Hot + Free,” which is out July 2, 2021

Listen to Two New “Red Hot + Free” Songs to Raise HIV Funds

The “Red Hot + Free” HIV fundraising album includes Billy Porter, Sofi Tukker, Titus Burgess and a new version of “I Will Survive.”

Biden’s 2022 Budget Includes $670M to Fight HIV, but What About Hepatitis?

That’s a $267 million increase for HIV efforts from 2021. Plus, Biden’s 2022 budget invests $6.5 billion in health research.

How’s Your State Doing in the Race to End the HIV Epidemic?

UPDATE: Data from 2019 and 2020 have been added to America’s HIV Epidemic Analysis Dashboard (AHEAD), an interactive digital map.
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