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At least three women were diagnosed with HIV after receiving a bloody "vampire facial" at a New Mexico wellness spa, an alarming Center for Disease Control (CDC) report reveals. According to the report, the case represents the first documented transmission of HIV via contaminated cosmetic injections — not to mention a grim warning about the […]
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MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Memphis ranks eighth in the nation for new HIV cases per year among large cities in the United States, according to the Infectious Disease Society of America. In light of this research and the recent announcement regarding HIV prevention funding in Memphis, the National AIDS Memorial, Southern AIDS Coalition (SAC), and Gilead Sciences are working to 'change the pattern' in Memphis by bringing sections of the National AIDS Memorial Quilt to town. The Quilt honors Black and Brown lives lost to HIV and AIDS and has traveled to...
AURN chats with Dafina Ward, JD, executive director of the Southern AIDS Coalition, about how its partnerships help to spread awareness about the HIV/AIDS endemic in the South. The South makes up about 38% of the US population, but it represents 52% of HIV diagnoses. According to AIDSVu, the disproportionate burden of HIV in the […]
The arrival of the quilt is part of the launch of the Change the Pattern campaign in the city.