AIDS

The Food and Drug Administration this week approved an injectable drug that helps prevent the spread of HIV. It only has to be taken once every eight weeks, compared to a daily oral pill.

Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo explained the state plans to expand access to HIV testing and treatment.

Housing instability has been a major issue facing many people living with HIV since the beginning of the epidemic.

The new strategy, which declares racism a “public health threat,” was released on the annual commemoration of World AIDS Day.

OneBlood’s Susan Forbes says the Orlando portion of the study housed in the LGBT+ Center still needs about 120 gay and bisexual men between the ages of 18 and 39 to enroll.

World AIDS Day is Wednesday and the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas and other counties are providing an opportunity for people to get free HIV tests.

The state received the highest award nationally from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help curb the spread of HIV.

The CDC's HIV surveillance report uses the most recent data, collected from 2015 to 2019. Hillsborough and Pinellas counties were identified as particular areas of concern nationally.

It's been four decades since the first U.S. AIDS cases were reported. Some people who experienced the early years of the crisis say the effects of denialism have carried into the COVID-19 pandemic.

Diagnosed in 2003, Marvene Edwards has been on the brink of death. Now, she serves those who may have come just as close as she works to channel her past to extend the lives of others.