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World AIDS 2019 Message: Get Tested, Know Status
Health care advocates, families and medical officials around the globe paused on Sunday, Dec. 1 in observance of the 31…
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Bowser Releases Annual HIV, STD, Hepatitis and TB Statistics
Mayor Muriel Bowser recently released the District's HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD and TB Administration annual report and highlighted D.C.'s progress toward…
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Trump Admin to Extend HIV/AIDS Program
Days before World Aids Day, the Trump administration announced it would authorize a bill that would extend a government HIV/AIDS…
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D.C. Rolls Up Its Sleeves in Battle Against AIDS
Saturday will mark the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day with communities around the globe pulling out all the stops…
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EDITOR’S COLUMN: HIV/AIDS Alive and Well? Yes! Curtailed, Eradicated, Cured? Not on Your Life!
A lot can happen in 30 years – including the beginning and the end of a person's entire life. That's…
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Faith Communities Celebrate HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Local Christian and Muslims groups gathered Sunday in southeast D.C. at America's Islamic Heritage Museum to mark the second annual…
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D.C. Launches Campaign to Promote HIV Pill
D.C.'s Department of Health has launched a campaign to educate the city's transgender community about the importance of taking a…
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Phill Wilson to Retire from AIDS Institute
Wilson, now 61, will soon step down from the California-based Black AIDS Institute which he founded in 1999, having served…
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HIV Preventive Drug Absent in Black Communities
Currently the only approved PrEP medicine is a drug called Truvada. Though it has been available since 2014, statistics from…
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D.C. Uses Controversial Ad for HIV Prevention Pill
A bold new advertisement campaign launched by the D.C. Department of Health uses sexual innuendos to promote the use of…
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