Tag: HIV/AIDS
The Pandemic Is Bringing Us Closer to the First HIV Vaccine
Moderna will soon begin the first-ever human clinical trials for a messenger RNA-based HIV ...
“Undoing Drugs”—Maia Szalavitz’s Profound History of Harm Reduction
In 1986, HIV/AIDS was burning through New York. The city’s gay population was devastated, ...
Texas State-Run HIV Meds Program Survives Funding Crisis, But Uncertainty Remains
After months of keeping participants in the dark, a Texas state-run program that covers the ...
West Virginia Syringe Access in Peril as Court Denies Injunction
A bill that could destroy syringe service programs in West Virginia is set to ...
Sex Workers No Longer Criminalized for Simply Living With HIV in Nevada
In Nevada, sex workers living with HIV have been uniquely targeted by the state, ...
Atlantic City’s Flagship Syringe Program in Battle for Survival
In the past few months, the South Jersey AIDS Alliance (SJAA) has been planning ...
Global Harm Reduction Funding Crisis Is Worse Than Ever
Globally, 2019 saw 1.7 million new HIV infections, with 690,000 deaths from complications related ...
What the Incredible Achievements of ACT UP Can Teach Activists Today
For her 700-plus page magnum opus on the history of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition ...
Arizona Lawmaker Moves to Censor HIV Education, Trans Identities
In 2019, advocates in Arizona won the struggle to remove explicitly homophobic restrictions on ...
Stimulant Activists to UN: Fund Agonist Research to End AIDS by 2030
In the final decade before the United Nations’ 2030 deadline to “end AIDS,” a ...
