It is officially #WorldAIDSDay EST in the United States. Let's remember those who we've lost, support those living with #HIV and do our part to create a world without stigma. Every day. #WAD2017
Happy birthday to @JMunozActor - thank you for sharing your story with us last year and for all you do to raise awareness about #HIV and fight stigma! ow.ly/acGY30gQAs7
Timothy Ray Brown, the First Man Cured of HIV, Dies at Age 54 -Brown, formerly known as “the Berlin Patient,” died at his home surrounded by his partner and friends. ow.ly/NdwH50BFq2W#HIV RIP
Those of us in the AIDS community will never forget the dark heart of American christianity that revealed itself in the 1980s: "AIDS is God's punishment for being gay" was a hateful, hurtful phrase and mentality that said everything about the limitations of their empathy.
New #HIV Vaccine Trial in Americas and Europe Backed by Promising Earlier Study - The ASCENT trial found that the vaccine regimen that was advanced to the forthcoming Mosaico trial prompted a strong immune response. ow.ly/gpQX50vcHFh#IAS2019#AIDS
Man With #HIV Is in Long-Term Viral Remission After Intensified Treatment - Researchers project the Brazilian man could become the first person deemed cured of HIV without a bone marrow transplant. poz.com/article/man-hiv-long…#AIDS2020Virtual#AIDS2020#AIDS
#AIDSisEveryday September 9, #1983 The CDC identifies all major routes of #HIV transmission—and rules out transmission by casual contact, food, water, air, or environmental surfaces ow.ly/lYde30lsA26@Visual_AIDS
Check out our new issue of POZ, and the cover story on Sean McKenna and longterm survivors living with #HIV who have also dealt with cancer. "So many of us in our 50s or 60s are experiencing things that don’t usually happen until the 70s or 80s." poz.com/article/rising
Undetectable Equals Untransmittable: Tips on how to communicate U=U a Undetectable Equals Untransmittable poster that you can use to help promote the information! poz.com/article/undetectable…#UEqualsU
#WorldHealthDay It is possible to be living with #HIV and healthy. To be and stay healthy, the first step is knowing your status. We hope this tweet finds you well today. For more on #HIV testing, stigma, treatment news and more, visit us at: poz.com
The Top 20 POZ Blog Entries, based on views! #11 by Stuart of @theaidsmemorial: An Interview With @jackmackenroth : "Try not to freak out. Educate yourselves. Be your own advocates. Talk to #longtermsurvivors like myself. And take your meds asap." ow.ly/w5t430hgLus
What if scientists could genetically engineer a person’s immune cells so they would identify and attack HIV-infected cells, thus eliminating the virus from the body? That’s the hope behind chimeric antigen T-cell therapy or CAR-T therapy.
poz.com/article/genetically-…#HIV#CARTherapy