The state of Maryland has now received 6,405 doses of a vaccine for monkeypox, but few Marylanders will be able to get a shot in their arm anytime soon.
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By DR. DIVYA CHHABRA, ABC News
(NEW YORK) — Marc Wagner is a researcher and activist who has been living with HIV for 35 years. He is one of hundreds of HIV-positive people participating in clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines.
“I’m glad that I participated, that it led to the body of knowledge,” he said.
But being a part of the vaccine trials was not always an option for him or the 1.2 million HIV-positive people in the U.S. They fought for it.
HIV is a lifelong infection that attacks the immune system. Once a death sentence, today there are many medications that can help people living with HIV keep their immune systems healthy and in check.
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