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Year: 2017

December 18, 2017
BY imani

A new Drexel University study has determined that the US could reach its 2020 HIV prevention goal to prevent 30% of new HIV infections if just 25% of men who have…

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December 4, 2017
BY imani

Gilead Sciences, Inc.,  a research-based biopharmaceutical company announced the launch of the Gilead COMPASS (COMmitment to Partnership in Addressing HIV/AIDS in Southern States) Initiative today. The initiative is a 10-year, $100 million commitment to…

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November 20, 2017
BY imani

If you’re confused about HIV and what viral suppression means, you’re not alone. The National Institute of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) recently published a blog post entitled…

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November 16, 2017
BY imani

The University of Texas at Dallas will be hosting the 2017 HIV/AIDS Awareness Week November 27 - December 1, leading up to World AIDS Day on December 1st. HIV/AIDS Awareness Week will focus…

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October 15, 2017
BY imani

A pilot project has patients in several British Columbia cities getting $10 each for two  HIV/AIDS related visits. Researchers with the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS recently started a study with 139…

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October 15, 2017
BY imani

To coincide with National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day, which is observed each year on Oct. 15, the CDC published new data on Hispanics or Latinos living in the United States who are…

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September 28, 2017
BY imani

Yesterday was National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, and for the first time ever The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put out a declarative statement saying when an HIV-positive person’s viral…

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September 19, 2017
BY imani

Commemorating its ninth year since inception, The AIDS Institute recognizes Sept. 18 as National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAD). The AIDS Institute aims to shed light on a facet…

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August 11, 2017
BY imani

With a simple handwritten message, Dustin Thompson of Long Beach told the world that he has HIV.  In the photo, which was tweeted to the more than 1800 followers of AIDS Services…

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July 28, 2017
BY imani

Developing a vaccine to stop HIV is thought to be among the most daunting challenges in medicine for one big reason: The virus is extraordinarily genetically diverse, even more so…

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