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Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

5 LGBTQ things you need to know today, Feb. 7

1. Today, on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta founder and principal investigator Melanie A. Thompson, MD, writes of the disproportionate burden of HIV that African-Amer...

Fulton County ends HIV/AIDS task force, introduces permanent advisory committee

New strides are being made in Atlanta to eliminate HIV/AIDS. On July 31, the Fulton County Task Force on HIV/AIDS presented its phase three progress report to end AIDS in the county. This was the last offici...

Federal complaint accuses two Georgia insurance companies of HIV discrimination

The AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta (ARCA) and the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) at Harvard Law School have filed a federal complaint alleging that insurance companies Cigna and Humana...

Melanie Thompson: So, what’s in the HIV pipeline?

Did you know that people with HIV can live a normal—or even longer—lifespan if they get on treatment early and take it consistently? This awesome news is made possible by potent drugs that suppress HIV to low l...

Melanie Thompson: A strategy to end AIDS in Fulton County

This is our time. The time to end the AIDS epidemic in our community is now. Now we have effective treatment capable of preventing progression to AIDS in people with HIV, often allowing them to live a normal...