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A clinical trial is underway in five U.S. cities to determine whether delivering integrated health services through mobile clinics can improve HIV and substance use outcomes among people with opioid use disorder who inject drugs.

In the summer of 1981, public health professionals faced a terrifying crisis. Their work helped shape victories against the current pandemic – but some fear hard-won ground is lost

The parallels to HIV/AIDS and the COVID-19 pandemic are alarmingly similar as those at the forefront of the crisis are Black and Brown people.

AIDS@40: Stories of hope and heroes The people and the science devoted to stopping HIV Álex Cámara / Getty Images June 5, 2021, will mark 40 years since Los Angeles physician Dr. Michael Gottlieb and colleagues published the first medical account of what would eventually become known as AIDS. It was a short summary in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s printed weekly newsletter of five cases of pneumonia in gay men, all of whom eventually died. The global story tha...

 about participating in its COVID-19 vaccine trial. Tribal officials asked the company to go through its media team, meet face-to-face or arrange an online video meeting, Hualapai Chairman Damon Clarke said. The small community of 2,300 registered members was fearful of becoming mere test subjects in a larger experiment.  In the end, Moderna representatives did nothing outside of email and, with so little information and no trusted relationship with the company, Clarke said Hualapai leade...

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Menu Computer image of the eOD-GT8 immune-stimulating protein.Image courtesy of Joseph Jardine, Sergey Menis, and William Schief of Scripps Research and IAVI. Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. The four-decade quest for an HIV vaccine yields new hope While the reality is far more nuanced than recent hype suggests, a breakthrough strategy is finally offering fresh tools for battling this devastating virus. ByEmily Sohn Email When virologist José Esparza began wor...

Developing Covid-19 vaccines in less than a year came from repurposing multiple, decade-old vaccine research platforms, but too many lives were lost, and a new goal of developing vaccines in 100 days is needed to counter the next global pathogen. This is according to Dr Nicole Lurie, a Strategic Advisor to the UK-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and an advisor to the World Bank and the World Health Organization, (WHO). She was addressing a virtual global forum on tu...

Developing Covid-19 vaccines in less than a year came from repurposing multiple, decade-old vaccine research platforms, but too many lives were lost, and a new goal of developing vaccines in 100 days is needed to counter the next global pathogen. This is according to Dr Nicole Lurie, a Strategic Advisor to the UK-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and an advisor to the World Bank and the World Health Organization, (WHO). She was addressing a virtual global forum on t...

A Shot in the Dark Advertisement We got COVID-19 vaccines in record time. Why are HIV vaccines taking so long? Advertisement In March 2020, as a new pandemic swept across the globe, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director Anthony Fauci, MD, predicted that a COVID-19 vaccine could be available in 12 to 18 months. A year later, three highly effective vaccines are authorized in the United States, and over 95 million Americans have received their first dose....