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AIDS
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Public health experts call for renewed attention on HIV/AIDS epidemic
About 4,500 people still die from HIV/AIDS every year in the US. And while highly effective treatments exist, access to…
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Why HIV funding cuts would impact every community
Major funding cuts to HIV and AIDS services could lead to a loss of viral suppression in current patients and…
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Opportunities to localize coverage from International AIDS Conference
New advances in HIV PrEP, prevention and viral suppression at AIDS 2024 Conference can translate to local story ideas.
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Why this matters: HIV, TB conference offers wealth of story ideas, sources
Learn how to identify feature story ideas and second-day stories from an infectious disease conference focused on HIV and tuberculosis.
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Reporting on disparities in HIV testing, PrEP
HIV trends don’t make headlines the way they used to. But we may see an influx of them in the…
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Covering HIV angles and updated HIV and AIDS resources tip sheet
Most of our attention over the past year has been on the COVID-19 pandemic, but AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) and…
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Report details unmet needs of older adults living with HIV/AIDS
At the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, those with the disease typically only lived a few years…
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Caution and ideas for covering HIV/AIDS in 2019
In April 1984, then-U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Margaret Heckler announced the National Cancer Institute had discovered the virus…
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Connecting the dots between social determinants and infectious diseases
Socioeconomic factors such as poverty and living conditions play a role in shaping infection risk and disease outcomes. Many times…
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Covering HIV in the modern era: What reporters need to know
About 36.7 million people around the world – about 1.1 million in the U.S.- are living with an HIV (human…