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The new Office of National AIDS Policy director seeks structural change and an end to the HIV epidemic.

A CDC disparity report found that from 2010 to 2019, gay and bisexual men who are Latino and Black experienced higher rates of new HIV infections.

Mike spends a lot of time walking outside. And on the rare occasion that he’s indoors he never stops pacing. But today, Mike was in one place long enough

Jun. 4—A segment of an unreleased documentary that focuses on local survivors and their early days of battling human immunodeficiency virus will be screened Saturday as part of a virtual event honoring the 40th anniversary of the disease's recognition in the United States. The event, organized by the Ryan White Program at the University of Toledo Medical Center, will begin with a discussion ...

Tyler Berl and Jordan Hines, Delaware HIV Consortium May 11, 2021 While more and more Delawareans receive COVID-19 vaccinations, the state is seeing a notable drop in testing for the virus – a trend throughout the U.S. Public health experts say that, considered together, this is a positive development wrapped in a potentially worrisome one. Just as concerning, healthcare disparities persist in Delaware in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines; as an example, Blacks make up 23 percen...

Kyle Vass/ WVPB Roughly 20 people signed up to speak to the Charleston City Council on April 5, 2021 regarding a harm reduction ordinance. The Charleston City Council has postponed a vote on whether to regulate syringe service programs operating in the city. The council met Monday night in part to consider a local bill that would potentially criminalize harm reduction programs happening in the capital city. The topic brought out a crowd of more than 100 people, many who took to the podium to...

Jeff Cheek, director of the Fulton County Department for HIV Elimination An agency working to end HIV in four metro Atlanta counties received a $3.3 million award from federal health officials – a 40 percent jump over last year’s funding. The Fulton County Department for HIV Elimination received the award from the Health Resources & Service Administration – an arm of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services – in March. The county agency will soon ask for the public’s help in dec...