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NOVA’s “Ending HIV in America” Shows the Remarkable Progress Science Has Made Against HIV

NOVA’s “Ending HIV in America” is a story of struggle and triumph, showing how the fight against HIV reshaped the world of science and medicine.

By Christina Zeiders

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HIV/AIDS having larger impact in Black community

HIV/AIDS can impact anyone, but Black or African American communities are more affected than others

By Scott LaMar/WITF

Legislation aims to prevent drug overdose deaths and diseases with ‘syringe services programs’

Such programs already operate in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Scranton.

By Brett Sholtis

People living with HIV ask for ‘dehumanizing’ state laws to be taken off the books

Pennsylvania is one of 22 states that has HIV-specific statutes and regulations, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

By Gabriela Martínez/WITF

Different viruses, same results: Why Black Americans are more likely to die from both HIV & COVID-19

A year into the coronavirus pandemic, this virus has proven nearly twice as deadly for Black Americans than for white.
By Sarah Boden/WESA

History repeats itself: COVID-19 vaccine inequities echo HIV crisis

Rich countries are hoarding vaccines, poor countries are paying higher pricesfor them and the central lesson of the HIV epidemic - that if one person is vulnerable, everyone is vulnerable - seems lost.
By NPR


‘They know what a pandemic is’: HIV survivors see similarities to AIDS epidemic

“COVID is going to have a major impact on the trajectory of the HIV epidemic,” said Dr. Steven Deeks. “We just don’t know how.”

By NPR
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