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FDA Mulls Modifying Controversial Restrictions on Gay and Bisexual Blood Donors That Advocates Call ‘Outdated'
The federal Food and Drug Administration is considering further easing restrictions on blood donations by gay and bisexual men, a long criticized policy that first went into effect during the start of the AIDs pandemic, to focus instead on an individual risk of transmitting HIV....
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HIV-Positive NYC Woman Becomes First To Get Heart Transplant From Donor Also With HIV
If there is a such thing as an ordinary heart transplant, this was not it. It marked the first time an HIV positive patient received a heart from an HIV positive donor.
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Government Can't Mandate Coverage for Drugs That Prevent HIV Infections, Texas Federal Judge Rules
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a provision of the Affordable Care Act that mandates free coverage of certain drugs that prevent HIV infections violates the religious beliefs of a Christian-owned company.
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A 5th Person Is Likely Cured of HIV, and Another Is in Long-Term Remission
One case involved a man with cancer who underwent a specialized stem cell transplant; the other involved a woman who received immune-boosting therapies as part of a clinical trial.
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Scientists Possibly Cured HIV in a Woman for the First Time
Following a cutting-edge treatment four years ago, the “New York patient” is now off of HIV medication and remains “asymptomatic and healthy,” researchers say.
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Scientists Find Unrecognized Virulent HIV Variant: ‘Not a Public Health Crisis'
Scientists have found a previously unrecognized variant of HIV that’s more virulent than usual and has quietly spread in the Netherlands for the past few decades.
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Moderna Launches Clinical Trial of Its mRNA HIV Vaccine
Nearly 60 participants were given their first doses of the experimental HIV vaccine Thursday
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FDA Approves First Injectable HIV Prevention Drug
Apretude, the new drug, is an injectable given every two months as an alternative to HIV prevention pills.
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We Can Save Lives by Changing How We Talk About HIV/AIDS
“So much of what prevents people from talking about HIV/AIDS is actually not having the language,” said David Johns of the National Black Justice Coalition. We need to move away from stigmatizing terms like “full blown AIDS” and create a more welcoming environment where people can be open about their HIV status, Johns says.
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COVID Has Hurt the Fight Against AIDS, Experts Say — But It Could Also Lead to an HIV Vaccine
“Important discoveries stimulated by COVID-19 may also help us make progress against HIV/AIDS,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday.
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Woman's Own Immune System Has Possibly Cured Her of HIV
The co-authors of the study said they believe their findings will bring hope to the estimated 38 million people globally living with the virus.
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Fast-Tracked COVID Vaccine Brings Hope to Some for a Future HIV Vaccine
As the very early stages of research for a cure get underway with Dr. Dan Barouch, a virologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and his team, Cambridge-based Moderna is set to start phase one human trials for an MRNA-based HIV vaccine.
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At This Thrift Store, 96 Cents of Every Dollar Helps People With HIV/AIDS
“You might get a Donna Karan skirt for $7. You might get some Gucci shoes for $10. … But at the same time it provides a safe, nonjudgmental, nonstigmatizing place for folks to come and know their status and get tested.” Hear from the Out of the Closet thrift store in Dallas, which has an HIV/AIDS testing clinic and pharmacy on site.
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By Revealing His HIV Status, Billy Porter Fights the Stigma
The actor Billy Porter said he was HIV positive in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, going public with his status for the first time in 14 years. It was a brave decision and validates people struggling with HIV, which disproportionately affects Black gay and bisexual men. We heard more from Raniyah Copeland, CEO of the Black AIDS Institute and...
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Billy Porter Shares He's Been Living With HIV for 14 Years: ‘The Truth Is Healing'
After testing positive in 2007, Billy Porter kept the diagnosis mainly to himself for 14 years.
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How a New FDA Study May Help Fight the Ban on Gay Men Donating Blood
The FDA launched a study that could lead to the removal of restrictions on blood donations by gay and bisexual men. Jason Cianciotto of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis joined LX News to talk about the first-of-its-kind study and why blood donation policies should be based on science, not stigma.
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AIDS Report: Kids Are Lagging and COVID-19 Is Harming Care
New numbers on the global AIDS epidemic are showing some big successes, but also some tragic failures
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Officials Alert Health Care Providers of HIV Surge
Massachusetts officials alerted health care providers to test frequently for HIV and to quickly report new infections to the Public Health Department. Officials discovered that there were 182 intravenous drug users who were affected in Lowell and Lawrence between 2015 and 2019, The Boston Globe reported. The number of cases dropped after the summer of 2018 after a campaign to…
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HIV Vaccine in 2021? Leading Experts ‘Optimistic' About Ongoing Trials
On Sunday, World AIDS Day, the global fight against the human immunodeficiency virus is poised to make important advances thanks to three experimental HIV vaccines that are entering the final stages of testing at sites across the globe, NBC News reports. While any of these three late-stage HIV vaccine trials — known as HVTN 702, Imbokodo and Mosaico — could...
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Patients Sue Northern Indiana Hospital Over Possible Disease Exposure
More than 1,000 surgical patients are suing a northern Indiana hospital after being notified that a sterilization failure could have exposed them to deadly infections.