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#Long-Term Survivors

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When Opportunity Knocks, Answer!
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HIV and Aging: The Basics
Forums: Support and discussion
Lifetime Survivor Kimberly Canady-Griffith at USCHA

I’m a Lifetime Survivor — Put Some Respect on My Name

Never would I have thought that ... I would be standing on the main stage with my fellow ... Dandelions reclaiming our time back.

Does this book release make me look anxious?

My Fabulous Disease: Chronicles of a Gay Survivor, a collection of essays that include pieces from POZ Magazine, has been released.

Long-Term Survivors & HIV Cure Research Webinar Series

Discuss the needs and concerns around the research towards a cure for HIV specific to people who have lived with HIV for many years.

Long-Term Survivors & HIV Cure Research Webinar Series

Discuss the needs and concerns around the research towards a cure for HIV specific to people who have lived with HIV for many years.
The reverend Joyce McDonald, APotts Collection

Aging With HIV

Long-term survivors share their journeys.
Mark S. King

Sharing a Life, a Diagnosis and a Future

Mark S. King covers every angle in My Fabulous Disease: Chronicles of a Gay Survivor.

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Depression Is Often a Silent Partner to HIV
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What Is Chronic Inflammation and Why Is It Such a Big Deal for People With HIV?
Older, Wiser, Ready for Their Close-Up

Young at Heart

Aging with HIV is now a reality for most of us. This success story deserves a celebration.

Helping One Person at a Time

After helping himself, Gerald James now spreads the word about pre-exposure prophylaxis to others in his community.

“It Felt Like I Was Having an Out-of-Body Experience”

Larry Davis reflects on the day he was diagnosed with HIV.

Access, Engage & Activate: Centering and Re-centering Key Populations

NASTAD’s Board Chair, Dave Kern, describes his Chair’s Challenge to NASTAD and health departments.

How You Can Preserve the Music Legacy of AIDS Icon Michael Callen

New vocal music recordings of the great AIDS icon Michael Callen are being remastered and released.

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HIV Medications: The Basics
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Can We Create a Life Beyond HIV?

A recent town hall event from The Reunion Project focused on long-term survivors building a life beyond their HIV status.
Dan and Richard Averitt, founders of The Well Project

Dawn and Richard Averitt: Hearts and Minds of The Well Project

The well... was the place where women gathered and shared good, trusted information. That’s how we ended up with The Well Project.

Positively Aging Project Body Mind Soul

A symposium on living and thriving with HIV, featuring high-profile keynote speakers & other prominent figures from the HIV/AIDS community.
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The Phone Call That Changed Her Life

In an excerpt from her new memoir, Still Positive, Julie Lewis recounts when she discovered she was living with HIV.

HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day 2023

About 300,000 people with HIV are long-term survivors, meaning they acquired HIV before 1996, when effective treatment was introduced.
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