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Father and Son Arrested Over Toxic Cure for HIV and COVID-19

Miracle Mineral Solution is bleach—and people have died from drinking it.
Gilda Tachedjian, PhD, head of life sciences and principal investigator at Burnet Institute in Melbourne, Australia

Exploring New Ways to Prevent HIV and STIs in Women

A Campbell Foundation grant will help this scientist study lactic acid’s anti-inflammatory role in the female reproductive tract.
Jenny Holzer, “URGE AND URGE AND URGE”

This Jar of Condoms Costs Over $5,000

Artist Jenny Holzer’s latest collaboration raises funds for the New York City AIDS Memorial.

HIV-Positive Kids Weighing at Least 44 Pounds Can Take Adult Dose of Dolutegravir

Previously, kids weighing 44 to 88 pounds had to take lower doses—which are less available worldwide—and do so more than once a day.

AVAC Launches Dynamic Global PrEP Data Tool

The HIV advocacy group has been assiduously tracking PrEP data for five years.
Vancouver, BC

Overdoses Have Reduced Life Expectancy for British Columbians With HIV

As overdose death rates have risen in this population, life expectancy has increasingly narrowed.

COVID-19 Projected to Cause Surge in Deaths From HIV, TB and Malaria

Disruptions in prevention and treatment services due to the pandemic could cause a substantial increase in deaths in poorer nations.

World Hepatitis Day 2020 [VIDEOS]

290 million people have viral hepatitis and don’t know it. Raise awareness with a virtual video relay.
Model of the VRC01 Antibody

Partnership Launches to Develop and Test HIV Antibody Combinations

Products based on broadly neutralizing antibodies could be used in HIV treatment and prevention.

HIV Funding From Donor Governments Is Nearly the Same as a Decade Ago

But the number of people living with HIV grew 25% during that same period.

Cancer and HIV Groups Urge Trump Not to Remove U.S. From the WHO

The World Health Organization coordinates efforts to create flu and COVID-19 vaccines and to fight other global health issues.

Criminalization of Gay Sex in Africa Tied to Much Higher HIV Rates

Researchers found a strong association between the criminalization of sex between men and higher HIV rates in gay and bi men.

Global Efforts to Address HIV in Children Are Falling Short

A new UNAIDS report indicates that ambitious targets to prevent and treat HIV in babies and children are not being met.
Pioneering HIV and cancer researcher Flossie Wong-Stall

R.I.P. Flossie Wong-Staal, Scientist Who Made Pivotal HIV Discoveries

The molecular biologist was the first to clone HIV, and she helped prove that the virus causes AIDS. She also researched cancer genetics.

Gay and Bi Men, in Particular Those With HIV, Have Higher Hep C Rate

Men who have sex with men on PrEP are also diagnosed with hepatitis C at a substantially elevated rate.
Elton John sings “Bennie and the Jets” in 1986.

Elton John Streams Classic Concerts to Raise HIV and COVID-19 Funds [VIDEOS]

His AIDS foundation launched the COVID-19 Emergency Fund to help vulnerable people living with HIV.
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