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Image from the “Honestly” TV ad promoting Truvada as PrEP

In a First, Drugmaker Gilead Promotes PrEP and HIV Prevention in TV Ads

The “Healthysexual” campaign features young Black and Latino men, plus cisgender and transgender women. [VIDEO]

Young Gay and Bi Men Who Start PrEP Often Soon Stop Using It

This is according to an analysis of young men who have sex with men in Chicago.
Milan Christopher in the PrEP’d AF campaign

Attention Gay and Bisexual Black Guys: Be “PrEP’d AF” Against HIV

The latest HIV prevention campaign from the Los Angeles LGBT Center stars gay music artist and model Milan Christopher.
The cover of this year’s program

You Can Watch This Year’s HIV Is Not a Crime Training Academy

The program takes place June 3 through 6 in Indianapolis, but the main sessions will be streamed live on Facebook.

Latinos and Those on Medicaid Less Likely to Get Hepatitis C Treatment

This is according to an analysis of hep C treatment rates at four large urban hospital systems.

Concerns: PrEP Disparities

The CDC reports that PrEP use is low among Blacks and Latinos.

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HIV advocates in DC, as captured in hashtags, pics and videos.

HIV Rate Among Gay & Bi Men 25 to 34 Rose 45% Between 2008 And 2015

During that time, the rate dropped 15 percent nationally and rose 25 percent among Latino men who have sex with men.

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Do Federal Investments in HIV Prevention Make a Difference?

A report from the O’Neill Institute looks at the numbers and assesses our prevention response. Just in time for AIDSWatch.
The opening session of CROI 2018 in Boston.

The Best of CROI 2018

Highlights from HIV and hepatitis C research presented at the 2018 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston

CDC Details PrEP’s Woefully Low Use Among Blacks and Latinos

The federal health agency has revised its estimates of how many U.S. residents would benefit from PrEP and provided more granular data.

CDC Identifies Clusters of Rapidly Transmitting HIV Nationwide

These clusters disproportionately included young men who have sex with men, in particular Latinos.
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Latino Immigrant With HIV Gets Reprieve From Deportation

His native Venezuela lacks HIV meds.
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