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New, Genetically-Modified HIV Vaccine Enters Next Phase of Trials
Early trials showed the vaccine caused an immune response, but whether that’s enough to prevent someone from getting HIV is another question.
'You Can't Stand by and Watch People Die': The Woman Developing an HIV Vaccine
Since witnessing the beginnings of the HIV/AIDS crisis as a doctor in South Africa in the 1990s, Dr. Glenda Gray has dedicated her life to finding a way to stop it.
Why Has Cuba's HIV-Infected Population Doubled This Decade?
The country famously—and controversially—quarantined its HIV-infected population at the onset of the crisis, and maintained an aggressive approach to containing its spread for decades after. But recent reports suggest a dramatic and troubling shift.
This Timeline of HIV/AIDS Drugs Shows How Far We’ve Come
But there's a lot more work to do if we want to finally win the war against HIV/AIDS.
20 Years Ago, Coolio, De La Soul, and the Rest of Rap Chipped in to Raise HIV/AIDS Awareness
'America Is Dying Slowly' was hip-hop's first benefit album about HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, making it a landmark moment for education.
Watch James Van Der Beek's Hilarious Take on a Classic Vodka Ad for RED
Watch Van Der Beek's cheeky ad for Belevedere's (PRODUCT)RED vodka line, the proceeds from which will go towards fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa.
How One Young, Gay Man Was Wrongfully Blamed for Bringing AIDS to the US
Gaetan Dugas, widely known as AIDS' "Patient Zero" was trying to be helpful when he provided a list of his past sex partners to the CDC. Instead, he was incorrectly maligned as a sociopathic deviant who knowingly infected countless people with the...
10 spørgsmål du altid har haft lyst til at stille en person med HIV
"Jeg mener ikke, jeg skal kureres for noget. Jeg tager en pille om dagen, og når den er nok til at standse spredningen, så er det den kur, jeg har brug for."
How the Media, the White House, and Everyone Else Failed AIDS Victims in the 80s
The press didn't cover AIDS aggressively enough, the Reagan administration didn't respond quickly to the crisis—and ordinary people laughed at the victims.
Getting Diagnosed with HIV Taught Me How to Live
It taught me that life is precious, and you are vulnerable. That it's not a disease, it's an opportunity to seize your life and live. And that we are going to be OK.