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  • True Talk

    By on July 19, 2012

    Back when I was still a young HIV-prevention worker in the long-ago 1990s, I came across a new campaign for gay men that had launched...

  • Mayor Vincent Gray reflects on the International AIDS Conference

    By on July 19, 2012

    In 2008, during the XVII International AIDS Conference, held in Mexico City, one speaker helped set the tone. Ron MacInnis, a D.C. local, who was...

  • Report Highlights HIV/AIDS Disparities

    By on July 18, 2012

    A group of HIV/AIDS experts and activists called for decisive, targeted actions aimed at reducing the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among black men who have sex...

  • Truvada Gets PrEP Approval

    By on July 16, 2012

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that it has approved the drug Truvada for daily use to reduce the risk of HIV...

  • Strategizing Ahead of AIDS 2012

    By on July 12, 2012

    A panel of experts on HIV/AIDS told a room full of journalists at Tuesday media briefing that the right federal policies could essentially end the...

  • Networking for Women

    By on July 12, 2012

    Ahead of the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012), an Oakland, Calif.-based HIV/AIDS organization for women is partnering with the conference to advocate for research...

  • Stopping Stigma

    By on July 11, 2012

    Even at 30 years and counting, and even among gay men, HIV/AIDS is still an unknown entity. Justin Goforth, director of the medical adherence unit...

  • AIDS Healthcare Foundation Challenges Obama on AIDS Conference Attendance, Policies

    By on July 9, 2012

    With less than two weeks until the kickoff of the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, one key participating organization is expressing dismay...

  • Diaspora and Disparity

    By on July 5, 2012

    Education and awareness can prove powerful tools in the fight against HIV/AIDS. While that might seem obvious to some, it's especially important in underserved, poorer...

  • Serious Business

    By on July 5, 2012

    Next month, Washington will play host to AIDS 2012: The XIX International AIDS Conference and its 20,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries – including 800...

  • Epidemic Update

    By on June 28, 2012

    When Whitman-Walker Health, the local community health center specializing in LGBT and HIV/AIDS care, hosts its July 21 forum on HIV/AIDS at George Washington University's...

  • AIDS Quilt: 25 Year Anniversary [video]

    By on June 27, 2012

    The AIDS Memorial Quilt has returned to Washington, D.C., where it will celebrate its 25th anniversary. The quilt, which now contains more than 48,000 panels...

  • AIDS Quilt's Double Duty

    By on June 21, 2012

    The AIDS Memorial Quilt, marking its 25th anniversary, is returning to D.C. The quilt, memorializing the victims lost to HIV/AIDS, was last displayed in full...

  • District Releases Annual HIV Report

    By on June 21, 2012

    The theme yesterday with regard to HIV/AIDS and other transmittable diseases affecting the District was that progress is being made, but there's certainly more work...

  • Home Front and ''Heroes''

    By on June 7, 2012

    Wallace Corbett knows HIV better than most. As co-chair of the DC Community Coalition (DCC), a cross-section of people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS...