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Drug Overdose Deaths Just Hit a New National Record

More than 72,300 Americans died last year as a result of a drug overdose.

Where Did NYC Bury Those Lost to AIDS in the ’80s and ’90s?

An important part of HIV history lies in the mass graves of Hart Island.
Garlyn and TIm Purcell

Love and Loss

A heart-wrenching POZ Stories installment

AIDS Threatens Indigenous People of Venezuela

“There is no medicine in the hospital. My people are dying.”

POZ Poll: Do you know anyone who died recently of AIDS-related illness?

Concerns: Drinking Costs

Heavy drinking may be quite hazardous to HIV-positive people.

Second Chance

Mark S. King makes the case for why long-term survivors have widely applicable insights on dying with dignity, grace and preparation.
Glenna McCarthy

To the Woman Who Asked Me Why I Lived and Her Father Died

Join me as I launch my POZ Blog with a “Voice of Reason.”
Actress Nora Burns performs in David's Friend.

David’s Friend

Actress and playwright Nora Burns explores the loss of her best friend to AIDS in 1993 in her show David’s Friend.
Nora Burns wrote and stars in “David’s Friend.”

Mourning in the Millennium

“My best friend died of AIDS in ’93, so why is it hitting me hard now?” Nora Burns explores this in her show, “David’s Friend.”
Jonathan Shuter, MD, HIV physician and tobacco treatment specialist

I’m an HIV Doc Who’s Losing Far Too Many Patients

That’s why I’m here with Positively Smoke Free.
Alexis Arquette at the premier party of VH1’s “Daisy of Love” in 2009.

Alexis Arquette’s Death Was Related to Having HIV for 29 Years

Plus: Watch Arquette, Jackie Beat and Barry Shils discuss “Wigstock: The Movie” at RuPaul’s DragCon 2016.

The Half-Moon Secret

A poet reflects on HIV, addiction and the death of her nephew.

Hepatitis C Treatments Viekira Pak and Technivie May Cause Liver Damage

The FDA has required AbbVie to change the labels for its two hepatitis C treatments after receiving numerous reports of serious liver...

Sovaldi or Harvoni and Heart Med Cordarone Can Be a Fatal Mix

Nine people taking Harvoni or Sovaldi and the heart medication Cordarone (amiodarone) have suffered from low heartbeats; one died of a heart a...

Hep C Cure Lowers Risk of Death, Liver Cancer and Transplants

Achieving a cure for hepatitis C through interferon-based treatment reduces the risk of death, liver cancer and needing a liver transplant.
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