Today, Dec. 1, is World AIDS Day. It is well known that transgender people are disproportionately impacted by the epidemic, but their voices and leadership too often are silenced or marginalized. For this World AIDS Day, the Positively Trans program has released three new videos by and about trans people of color living with HIV….
Today marks World AIDS Day and Senator Corey Booker sat down with NASTAD Board Chair Dr. Shanell McGoy to discuss the history and importance of World AIDS Day, as well as the work ahead of us to end the HIV and hepatitis epidemics at home and abroad. Watch the interview above. Nashville resident Dr. Shanell L. McGoy serves as…
OTTAWA/GENEVA—Today, World AIDS Day, UNAIDS has released a new report showing that men are less likely to take an HIV test, less likely to access antiretroviral therapy and more likely to die of AIDS-related illnesses than women. The Blind spot shows that globally less than half of men living with HIV are on treatment, compared…
With World AIDS Day approaching next week, Smartpatient have put together infographics to highlight some facts about HIV and AIDS in the U.S. and the U.K.
Leading activists in San Diego and around the globe are urging the LGBTQ and allied communities to resist the temptation to think of World AIDS Day 2017 as just a time to reflect on the pandemic’s past. “We must ensure that people who do not know their HIV status are diagnosed and linked to…
The University of California San Diego will honor World AIDS Day on Thursday, Dec. 1 to raise awareness of the impact that HIV/AIDS has had and continues to have on the San Diego community, the nation and world. In recognition of the international event day, which was established in 1988, the campus will sponsor a…
NEW YORK – In the early 1980s a mysterious virus appeared to emerge on the streets of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Its earliest victims were young gay men. What followed were years of fear, confusion and ignorance that only compounded the threat of HIV, which even today remains the biggest viral killer worldwide. Now,…
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued the following statement on World AIDS Day 2013 — Dec. 1 In the 25 years that have passed since the first annual commemoration of World AIDS Day, extraordinary scientific progress has been made in the fight against HIV/AIDS. That progress has turned an HIV diagnosis from an…
