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Fighting AIDS, decriminalising LGBTQ+, and legalising dance bars are only some of the achievements by a woman fighting stereotypes in Mumbai's second-largest slum
It's not easy to spread hope in Mumbai's second-largest slum, Malwani. But, Prabha Desai is fightin…
New York City's average life expectancy may have dipped by 5 years due to the coronavirus. Here's how that compares to past epidemics.
The 1918 flu pandemic resulted in a 12-year decrease in life expectancy in the US, but the decline …
Aria Bendix
Larry Kramer, who pushed the world to respond to the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, has died of pneumonia at 84
Galvanized by the AIDS epidemic that swept the United States in the 1980s, Kramer founded the Gay M…
Rhea Mahbubani
How American discrimination has hindered the way we've handled disease outbreaks
Discrimination in the US has led to federal inaction and mishandling of past epidemic diseases, inc…
Natalie Colarossi
Billy Porter opens up about his HIV-positive status on 'The Tonight Show': 'I released that shame'
The "Pose" star, who plays Pray Tell in the hit series, said his character's arc helped him process…
Libby Torres
Biden's coronavirus board is made up of former federal officials who oversaw past epidemics including AIDS, Ebola, and Zika
At least 10 of the 13 members on Biden's COVID-19 advisory board have served the federal government…
Aria Bendix
World AIDS Day: UN report warns that COVID-19 could result in more HIV cases, AIDS-related deaths
On World AIDS Day on Tuesday, a latest report from the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has wa…
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Francesca Rea
An HIV drug failed to help patients with severe cases of COVID-19, according to disappointing results from one of the first coronavirus drug trials
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Andrew Dunn
Australia has become the first country to abandon a vaccine attempt, scrapping a $750 million project after the shot wrongly gave some people positive HIV test results
As a result, Australia has increased orders of coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and N…
Bill Bostock
President Trump outlined a plan to 'eliminate' HIV in the US by 2030, and experts say it's actually possible
First, there are the drugs that treat people who are HIV-positive and help prevent them from spread…
Hilary Brueck
The Oscar-nominated director of Netflix's 'Heroin(e)' talks about exploring a side of the opioid epidemic the media ignores
Sheldon: Well, just looking at my middle school and high-school graduating class, I mean, it's…
John Lynch
This map shows where people with HIV live in the US - and points to some troubling trends
AIDSVu, a project run by Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health in partnership with bio…
Lydia Ramsey
Meet Jerome Adams, the US surgeon general on the coronavirus task force who was the health commissioner of Indiana when the MERS virus hit in 2014 and has experience containing HIV outbreaks with Mike Pence
Do you have a personal experience with the coronavirus you'd like to share? Or a tip on how your to…
Joey Hadden
Scientists made a huge leap towards eliminating HIV after an 8-year drug study found 'effectively zero' risk of transmitting the virus
"Among the 782 different gay couples followed for almost 1600 eligible couple-years of follow-up, w…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
Starbucks workers in Seattle claim that dangerous needle pokes and HIV-preventing drugs have become a routine part of working at the coffee giant
Borges told Business Insider that employees have been trained on how to safely deal with hypodermic…
Kate Taylor
This simple ring might cut the number of new HIV infections by half - here's how
In the US, the best example of this is the pill Truvada, the daily HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (Pr…
Sarah Kramer
The new FDA chief's plan to stop the drug overdose epidemic has a huge flaw
One study from researchers at Washington University in St. Louis surveyed people at 150 drug treatm…
Harrison Jacobs
This interactive map shows where people with HIV live in the US - and it points to some distressing trends
AIDSvu, a project run by Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health in partnership with bio…
Lydia Ramsey
This Y Combinator-Backed Startup Wants To End HIV And AIDS
"The way the current system works in terms of scientific discovery, experimentation, drug developme…