Non profits around the Big Bend step up to spread AIDS/HIV awareness
From WTXL Tallahassee: In 2020, more than 30,000 people were diagnosed with HIV in the country. More than 127,000 people are currently living with HIV in the state of Florida,…
AIDSVu Releases New Data Showing Significant Inequities in PrEP Use Among Black and Hispanic Americans
From AIDSVu.org: Black people represented 14% of PrEP users in 2021, but 42% of new HIV diagnoses in 2020, while Hispanic/Latinx people represented 17% of PrEP users in 2021 and…
CDC Foundation Supports 53 Community-Based Organizations to Implement and Expand HIV Self-Testing Programs
From the CDC Foundation: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in eight people living with HIV in the United States is undiagnosed, and more than…
Art With Heart – Artopia helps your neighbors stay healthy
From Tallahassee Magazine: Art is a universal language. It allows us to express ourselves, reach out to one another and establish connections we might have otherwise missed. Art can, quite…
HIV Cure Research Lacks Diversity From the Earliest Stages, Scientists Warn
From The Body Pro: Too many researchers working on a cure for HIV neglect to sample populations that represent people who are most affected by HIV, according to a recently…
NIH launches clinical trial of three mRNA HIV vaccines
From NIH: The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating three experimental HIV vaccines…
Exam Room #1 Named in Honor of Dr. Thomas L. Hicks
Pictured: Robert Stuart, Dr. Thomas Hicks’ partner, standing next to the plaque naming Exam Room #1 at Care Point Health & Wellness Center “To have a room or area…
Woman is cured of HIV in huge breakthrough for virus treatment
From independent.co.uk: Scientists appear to have cured HIV in a woman for the first time, making her the third person to be cured. A group of American researchers used…
Deep dive into HIV’s hidden DNA finds that some people could eventually drop their drugs
From aidsmap.com: Eighteen months ago, aidsmap.com reported on a study that suggested a mechanism behind some people’s ability to control their HIV without drugs. A new study, published in the scientific…
HIV killed Paul Michael Glaser’s wife and daughter. Now his son is fighting to end stigma around the virus
From independent.co.uk: Jake Glaser is sitting in a spacious house in Santa Monica, California, overlooking the waves he loves to surf. He’s been staying with family friends. Behind him…