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Yearly Archives: 2022

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Older adults with HIV have different profiles and different needs

NewsBy Serene SmallwoodOctober 11, 2022

From aidsmap.com: Although equally considered “older people with HIV”, long-term HIV survivors and people with HIV who are aged over 65 have markedly different characteristics and related needs. This is…

AIDS Walk Big

Non profits around the Big Bend step up to spread AIDS/HIV awareness

NewsBy Serene SmallwoodSeptember 13, 2022

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,…

13 In the South Black people made up 50 percent of new

AIDSVu Releases New Data Showing Significant Inequities in PrEP Use Among Black and Hispanic Americans

NewsBy Serene SmallwoodAugust 19, 2022

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

CDC Foundation Supports 53 Community-Based Organizations to Implement and Expand HIV Self-Testing Programs

NewsBy Serene SmallwoodJune 28, 2022

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…

The Vessel Artopia

Art With Heart – Artopia helps your neighbors stay healthy

UncategorizedBy Serene SmallwoodMay 18, 2022

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…

diversity

HIV Cure Research Lacks Diversity From the Earliest Stages, Scientists Warn

NewsBy Serene SmallwoodApril 27, 2022

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…

hiv virus

NIH launches clinical trial of three mRNA HIV vaccines

NewsBy Serene SmallwoodApril 27, 2022

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…

Thomas Hicks Naming 2

Exam Room #1 Named in Honor of Dr. Thomas L. Hicks

NewsBy Serene SmallwoodFebruary 23, 2022

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…

hiv test

Woman is cured of HIV in huge breakthrough for virus treatment

NewsBy Serene SmallwoodFebruary 22, 2022

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…

DNA HIV

Deep dive into HIV’s hidden DNA finds that some people could eventually drop their drugs

NewsBy Serene SmallwoodFebruary 22, 2022

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…

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