AIDS Quilt Moving to San Francisco
The Atlanta-based Names Project Foundation, which has served as the custodian of the massive AIDS Memorial Quilt since 1987, is turning over that task to the San Francisco-based National AIDS Memorial, official...
Mark S. King: Stop Bludgeoning Young Gay Men with our AIDS Tragedy
Lesley was my closest friend to become sick in the 1980s, and he fought bravely until his death from AIDS. Today, there are little rituals I have to honor his memory, and I often write about him, the first of m...
World Aids Day 2018
Every year on December 1, we honor World AIDS Day – a day to show solidarity with the millions living with HIV, educate people about the illness, and raise money for research. This year marks the 30th annive...
Once, We Were Heroes
My brother Richard smiles a lot. He has an easy laugh. But there was a time, years ago, when he held a poisonous drink in his hands and begged his dying lover not to swallow it. A time when Richard held the con...
Are bNAbs More Helpful for HIV Prevention?
Atlanta is one of 50 cities conducting a test study to find out that very thing.
Chinese HIV-Testing Study Finds Crowdsourced Promotion Effective
On August 28th, PLOS Medicine published the findings of a study testing the effectiveness of crowdsourcing campaigns in promoting HIV testing among men who are sexually active with other men in eight Chinese ci...
Study shows no partner transmission of HIV if effective treatment used
A new study has found that, with effective treatment, HIV transmission does not happen between sexual partners, even when condomless sex is involved. The major study, appropriately called PARTNER 2, was shar...
PrEP drug priced out of most people’s reach
The HIV/AIDS-fighting drug PrEP is being priced out of most patients' reach. Although the drug has been out for several years, the cost has surged in recent times. As quoted in Plus magazine, James Krellenst...
Reports say homophobia in Indonesia feeds HIV epidemic
HIV is epidemic across multiple countries. Atlanta is no stranger to the HIV/AIDS and its effects. But while America has its own health problems, the rest of the world is also struggling with the disease. Th...
City of Atlanta pledges money to fight HIV/AIDS
The City of Atlanta has designated certain funds will be used in the public crusade against HIV and AIDS. As originally reported by Project Q Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms, the mayor of Atlanta, announced a ...
Fulton County’s Board of Health #STOPHIVATL campaign is underway
The Board of Health (BOH) in Fulton County has premiered its social media campaign, #STOPHIVATL, to combat HIV rates in Georgia's Fulton Country. The #STOPHIVATL plan utilizes techniques from social marketin...