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U.S. declares end to mpox emergency
More than 30,000 infections and 26 deaths were reported in the U.S. over the course of the outbreak.
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UNAIDS calls out homophobic & racist coverage of monkeypox
“Monkeypox is not a gay disease and neither are any other infectious diseases.”
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Zimbabwe has decriminalized the transmission of HIV
“This decision strengthens the HIV response in Zimbabwe by reducing the stigma and discrimination that too often prevents vulnerable groups of people from receiving HIV prevention, care and treatment services.”
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Anthony Fauci says that COVID diverted resources from the fight against HIV
Research on HIV has helped the fight against COVID, but COVID has disrupted supply chains for HIV medications and reduced HIV testing.
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World AIDS Day: For the countless many, gone too soon
Thirty-three years ago, on June 5, in 1981, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta published a report of five cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) among previously healthy young men in Los Angeles. All of the men were described as “homosexuals” — two had died.
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Number of people living with HIV worldwide unchanged since 2012
LONDON — The number of people living with HIV worldwide has remained virtually unchanged in the past two years and AIDS-related deaths are at their lowest since peaking almost a decade ago, according to a report from the United Nations AIDS agency released Wednesday. Officials declared that ending the AIDS epidemic is possible even though they acknowledged…
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World AIDS Day 2013: For the countless many, gone too soon
Thirty-two years ago, on June 5, in 1981, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta published a report of five cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) among previously healthy young men in Los Angeles. All of the men were described as “homosexuals” — two had died. This was the first official mention of a disease […]
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UN criticized for HIV, human rights event in country that bars entry to gays
Gay rights activists blasted the United Nations on Tuesday for organizing a book launch in Trinidad to talk about HIV and human rights in the Caribbean, noting the island bars entry to homosexuals.