#death

Someone dies of an overdose about every 5 minutes, often as a result of fentanyl and meth. Drug use also spurs HIV and hepatitis outbreaks.

Shawn Lang worked at AIDS Connecticut. She also fought for LGBTQ rights and for people dealing with opioid addiction and domestic violence.

As the face of the nonprofit Fred Says, this four-legged ally and his dad fought stigma and raised money for youth living with HIV.

Check out The AMP: AIDS Memorial Pathway in Seattle—and learn why there’s a huge X sculpture made of speakers! [SLIDESHOW]

A new study suggests that many deaths among HIV-positive people may be misclassified.

Since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the US, there have been an estimated 700,000+ deaths. A little over a year into COVID? 600,000.

As Bob Leahy faces open-heart surgery, he wonders how elders in the HIV movement are best served and whether they even need HIV services.

The benefits of HIV services “are far larger” than the risks of more COVID-19 transmissions, says UNAIDS and WHO analysis.

People pay tribute to Joseph Sonnabend, MD, “the first AIDS doctor,” on social media following his death.

Coronavirus killed more Americans in the past year than any cause of death in 2019, other than heart disease and cancer.

For many of us in the HIV community, we have learned to live with loss. In this current pandemic, what lessons can we share?

Between 2010 and 2017, the HIV-related death rate fell by half.

But American Indians and Alaska Natives saw the sharpest increase in deaths involving methamphetamines. Here’s a possible solution.

Estimates show that more than 300,000 people died of COVID-19 in 2020.

COVID-19 has overwhelmed morgues, funeral homes and religious leaders, required ingenuity and even changed the rituals of honoring the dead.