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How did over 800 students test HIV positive in Tripura?
Tripura is presently facing a surging HIV epidemic ripping through its student population. Fueled b…
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Magic Johnson contemplated suicide after his HIV diagnosis when doctors thought he only had 2-3 years to live
Magic reveals how close to death he was when first diagnosed with HIV.
Cork Gaines
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Scientists say a woman is cured of HIV despite having no medical interventions
Loreen Willenberg, 66, could be the first person to be cured of the disease without undergoing a bo…
Canela López
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A passenger alleges she got HIV after being raped by a Princess Cruises crew member
In a similar lawsuit in 2019, a Princess Cruises passenger alleged she was raped by a crew member w…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Over the last four decades, HIV/AIDS has killed at least 700,000 Americans. COVID-19 has killed more in two years.
The rapid development of antiretroviral therapeutics used to treat HIV/AIDS saved millions of lives…
Morgan Keith
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'It was wartime': 3 survivors of the AIDS epidemic share the hard lessons on love and resiliency they learned in the '80s that are helping them make it through the coronavirus crisis
"What I did learn from the AIDS crisis is that we all can be a part of the solution," said poet Dav…
Mr. Tatyana Bellamy Walker
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Fauci: COVID-19 vaccines could 'ultimately help us to develop a successful and highly effective HIV vaccine'
There is no vaccine for HIV, but Fauci is hopeful. Researchers can learn a lot from COVID-19 vaccin…
Canela López
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Fauci pushed back on Sen. Ron Johnson's claims that he 'overhyped' the AIDS crisis and COVID-19
"Overhyping AIDS that's killed over 750,000 Americans and 36 million people worldwide? How do you o…
Connor Perrett
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How a testing system created by the porn industry during the HIV epidemic could help Hollywood resume production in the coronavirus era
The testing method was established in the 1990s after an adult film star forged an HIV test and inf…
Sophia Ankel
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Billy Porter reveals he's been living with HIV for 14 years, saying: 'I hope this frees me'
The "Pose" star said he has diagnosed in 2007 and kept his status private because he feared backlas…
Canela López
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Anthony Fauci cries while revealing that he has PTSD from the HIV/AIDS crisis in a new documentary
Some Americans saw Dr. Anthony Fauci as the enemy in the 1980s and 90s, the way others have during …
Aria Bendix
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Anthony Fauci says one line from 'The Godfather' has shaped his career
In the documentary "Fauci," Dr. Anthony Fauci reveals that a line from "The Godfather" shaped his c…
Erin Schumaker
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HBO's heartbreaking series 'It's a Sin' taught me more about the AIDS crisis than my high school ever did. Today's students deserve better.
An Insider reporter had to turn to TV shows and movies to learn about the AIDS crisis because it wa…
Frank Olito
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A child or youth under 20 years is infected with HIV every 100 seconds, new UN report shows
Approximately once every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of 20 was inf…
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Moderna's mRNA technology could help in the decades-long search for an HIV vaccine
"We had such a spectacular outcome with coronavirus that we absolutely need to embark on this platf…
Patricia Kelly Yeo
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A touching moment captured on 'The Crown' shows why Princess Diana was such a royal icon
Princess Diana shocked the world when she hugged a 7-year-old boy with AIDS in NYC. The moment ceme…
Monica Humphries
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Trump just promised to end the HIV epidemic. This map shows the areas of the US that are home to the most people living with the disease.
AIDSVu, a project run by Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health in partnership with bio…
Lydia Ramsey
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West Virginia lawmakers are trying to bar needle exchanges despite an alarming spike in HIV cases
Needle exchange programs, which make clean needles available to intravenous drug users, are a stand…
Erin Snodgrass
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Bill Gates says we're on track for a record HIV epidemic
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation this week published the first-annual "Goalkeepers" report - a…