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The development of lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injectable drug, has been named the 2024 Breakthrough of the Year by Science journal for its potential to significantly reduce new HIV infections and reshape global HIV prevention efforts. Clinical trials, PURPOSE 1 and PURPOSE 2, showed lenacapavir’s remarkable efficacy in preventing HIV, with nearly 100% effectiveness among cisgender […]
World AIDS Day began on Dec. 1, 1988 Currently, 1.2 million people in the Unites States and 40 million people globally are living with HIV, which can lead to AIDS. More than 32 million people have died worldwide from AIDS-related illnesses. As of 2022, there were more than 100,000 people living with HIV in New […]
“Pose” star Dominique Jackson will host the fifth annual Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS on September 26 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The event, organized by the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) and supported by Gilead Sciences, will honor Gap Inc. president and CEO Richard Dickson with the Elizabeth Taylor Commitment to End AIDS […]
Three women in New Mexico contracted HIV after undergoing “vampire facial” treatments at an unlicensed medical spa, marking the first documented cases of HIV transmission via cosmetic needle procedures, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The investigation, reported in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Report, highlighted that the spa, investigated from […]
New York state department of health is doing its 8th HIV self-testing give away campaign. The statewide campaign will go from June 26th through August 6th. Data shows 112,000 people in New York State are living with HIV and thousands more have no idea of their status. ‘HIV Self-Test Giveaway Campaign,’ free testing for New […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo started off the holiday weekend by reminding everyone of the importance of wearing face masks. His statement was designed to both emphasize the need during the holiday and also serve as a general reminder. New York state is still in the process of entering various re-opening phases. Since the Rochester and Finger […]
The potential threat of weaponized COVID-19 transmission – such as deliberately coughing on other people to get them infected – has led New Jersey to be the first state to openly consider a law that will criminalize attempted COVID-19 transmission. Social justice advocates are concerned that such a law will disproportionately target minorities in their […]
It’s really cazy out here please go get tested!!!
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