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Docuseries about Britain’s history with HIV to premiere on World AIDS Day

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A new HIV docuseries about Britain’s 40-year battle with the virus is premiering on this year’s World AIDS Day. Positive will feature intimate testimony from some of the first people to be diagnosed with HIV in the UK. It will examine the history of the country and its stigma towards those living with the virus, as well as intolerance and homophobia more generally. Across its three-episode run, the series starts with the UK’s first recorded case in 1981 and tracks the virus to the present day. PrEP and other treatment…

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NGOs scramble to dampen COVID-19’s impact on people living with HIV

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South African domestic worker Mabuyi Dlamini always dreaded the bumpy, day-long minibus journey she had to make each month to pick up her HIV medication from the nearest clinic in KwaZulu-Natal province. So when a mobile medical service carrying nurses, counsellors and supplies of antiretroviral drugs began visiting her district two years ago, she was relieved. During COVID-19 lockdowns that made travel impossible, it became a lifeline. “It has saved me time, money and my health,” said Dlamini, 46, as she waited in line with farm workers next to the…

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Drag Race UK’s Charity Kase praised for publicly speaking about living with HIV

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Charity Kase has been praised for speaking openly about what living with HIV is like in the latest episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. In the third episode of Drag Race UK’s newest season, the queen shared that she went through a “really dark time” after her diagnoses. “I moved to London when I was 17 and then when I was 18 I was having a good time and I was on the scene,” she says during the episode. “But then I ended up contracting HIV and it was kind…

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Long-acting PrEP could be available as soon as early-2022

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America is on the brink of approving a long-acting HIV prevention medication that is easier to take than daily PrEP. On 23 September, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave cabotegravir priority review status. This means the drug will undergo a review period of six months as opposed to the usual 10. Cabotegravir, commercially known as Cabenuva, is a long-acting version of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and is made by ViiV Healthcare. If approved, the drug would make history by becoming the first of its kind on the market. Unlike…

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GLAAD study reveals shocking stigma around HIV and AIDS in 2021

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Less than half of Americans feel knowledgeable about HIV and there is still a lack of awareness about the virus, a GLAAD study has revealed. GLAAD has released its second annual State of HIV Stigma Study, which is a national survey of US adults that measures the attitudes towards HIV/AIDS and those living with HIV. In a decline from the previous year, only 48% of adults in America feel that they are knowledgeable about HIV. Almost all of those surveyed (87%) felt that there is still a stigma around HIV,…

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Moderna to begin human trials for new HIV vaccines

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The HIV vaccines will be using mRNA technology from the manufacturer’s successful COVID-19 jab rollout. US pharmaceutical and biotech company Moderna, known for its COVID-19 vaccines, is expected to begin human trials for two HIV vaccines this week. The trials are expected to begin as early as August 19 and last until May 2023, according to the US National Institute of Health’s clinical trial registry. The vaccines will use mRNA technology in this revolutionary advancement to see if the mRNA technology will be effective in combating the virus. Phase one of…

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Openly gay candidate Corey Johnson has officially ended his campaign for NYC mayor

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“I now want to be open about the fact that I have made the difficult decision not to run” The 38-year-old politician opened up about dealing with numerous challenges over the past few months, including depression. In a statement released on Twitter, Johnson states: “I am sharing this because I know from experience the value of speaking honestly about one’s struggles. I’ve been open about my sobriety, which along with my partner and mother, has been instrumental to me during this difficult time, and my HIV status.” He continued: “Too…

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