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These people share conspiracy theories to promote conflict, cause chaos, recruit and radicalize potential followers, make money, harass, or even just to get attention.
PrEP can reduce the risk of sexually transmitted HIV infection by 99%. Discrimination and distrust are two barriers Black gay men face in accessing this lifesaving treatment.
Trump’s baseless claims about migrants in Springfield, Ohio, reflect a long history of American prejudice against Haitians. In Washington, similar past falsehoods about Haitians have driven policy.
The nascent LGBTQ+ rights movement and the Christian right each strongly shaped the early years of HIV/AIDS, a historian explains.
The court covered itself in glory in the first 15 years, but its performance has been patchy since then, coinciding with Jacob Zuma’s presidency.
Eamon Flack’s production captures well – and with a lovely, light touch – the sense of fleeting memories that are, nevertheless, still available to us.
Haigh’s ghostly, dream-like setting offers a powerful remedy for an ageing generation of gay men coming to terms with the grief that pervaded their young lives.
Two-thirds of new HIV infections are among gay and bisexual men. Although cases have decreased among white men, they have stagnated among communities of color.
The film tells the story of Troy Lovegrove, a seven-year-old Australian boy who became HIV-infected during birth.
Science is getting closer to finding a cure for HIV.
Many people at heightened risk for HIV have never been tested. Those who have self-tested for HIV often don’t go on to receive care or change their sexual behavior.
Among young children, adolescents and adult women, anemia strikes 1 in 3 globally. Most cases are driven by dietary iron deficiency, red blood cell disorders and untreated tropical diseases.
When people living with HIV in Nigeria receive support from close friends, they are less likely to experience stigma and associated poor health outcomes.
Social enterprises need to be proactive in improving their internal processes and structures. They also need to share essential information.
In 1983, during the early days of the AIDS epidemic, the US Food and Drug Administration made the decision to ban gay men from donating blood. Now, 40 years later, it is dropping that rule.
As the government’s oldest consumer protection agency, the FDA has long butted up against drugmakers, activists and politicians. But undermining its work could be harmful to patient health and safety.
The US PEPFAR initiative has brought HIV medication to millions of people globally. Behind this progress are the activists that pressured politicians and companies to put patients over patents.
The next step in HIV prevention — long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) — is not yet available in Canada, a year after its approval in the U.S.
Prejudice and stigma can discourage the communities most affected by infectious diseases from seeking care. Inclusive public health messaging can prevent misinformation and guide the most vulnerable.
Top contributors
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Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Distinguished Professor, Infectious Disease and Oncology Research Institute, Faculty of Heath Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Executive Director Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Chief Scientific Officer, South African Medical Research Council
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Associate Professor, Public Health Ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW
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Melbourne Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne; Director, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Malawi
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Research Director at The Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Public Health, University of Iowa
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Professor of Anthropology, American University
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Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
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Behavioural Scientist, Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor of Global Health and Director, O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University
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Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Northern British Columbia; University of Victoria
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Associate Professor and Head of the Surveillance and Evaluation Program for Public Health at the Kirby Institute, UNSW