AIDS

The number of HIV patients in Florida has steadily climbed over the past five years. During HIV/AIDS Awareness Month, professionals are spreading the word about risks and care access.

The vaccine will be available at low cost in 120 poor countries. But nearly all of Latin America was excluded from a deal with the drug's manufacturer, Gilead.

HIV remains a growing problem for Florida, but survivors are seeking to erase the stigma surrounding the disease celebrate the lives they live and honor those who died in the path toward progress.

Previously, such transplants could be done only as part of research studies. The rule, which takes effect Wednesday, is expected to shorten the wait for organs for all, regardless of HIV status.

Researchers looked at 198 kidney transplants performed at hospitals across the United States. They found similar results whether the donated organ came from a person with or without the AIDS virus.

A new ad campaign from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation aims to encourage testing and treatment in Florida and across the U.S.

Mayor Donna Deegan held a signing ceremony to join Fast-Track Cities, adding Jacksonville to the hundreds of metro areas around the world striving for "zero new HIV infections and zero HIV-related deaths."

The final results of a trial for a new HIV preventive strategy are out. Experts express enthusiasm. But activists at the 2024 AIDS conference in Munich are protesting the likely cost.

While advances are being made, progress has slowed, funding is shrinking and new infections are rising in the Middle East and North Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and Latin America.

The American Academy of Pediatrics changes its policy citing drugs used to treat HIV can reduce the risk of passing the virus to infants to less than 1%. About 5,000 people who have HIV give birth in the U.S. each year.