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From Bettina Bauer, Vice President, US HIV Treatment and Prevention, Gilead Sciences In 2022, there were up to 1.2 million people with HIV (PWH) and 37,981 new cases of HIV in the United States alone.1 While impressive advances have been made in HIV treatment and prevention, there remain significant disparities in the impact of HIV for underserved communities.
California
Hydeia Broadbent, who was born with HIV and developed AIDS at 5, has died. She raised awareness about the virus and disease when she appeared with Magic Johnson on a Nickelodeon show in 1992.
World & Nation
While African Americans continue to have the highest HIV rates in the United States overall, Latinos made up the largest share of new HIV diagnoses.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the departure of Dana Williamson, his chief of staff the last two years, and tapped Nathan Barankin, a former Kamala Harris aide, for the post.
Entertainment & Arts
His first Palm Springs AIDS memorial looked like an anus, critics said, so artist Phillip K. Smith III went back to the drawing board and set out to win over skeptics in the community. The City Council approved the new design Thursday.
Opinion
The just-released “ultimate remix” of Band Aid’s celebrity charity single still makes Africa a caricature of despair for Western audiences.
An El Dorado County Jail inmate died after not receiving vital HIV medication for weeks, a new lawsuit claims.
Our columnist honors the heroes of the AIDS epidemic and the role their legacy has played in his own life.
California voters have approved Proposition 34, a measure from the California Apartment Assn. that sought to restrict spending by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a prominent supporter of rent control.
France is sending tons of assistance, including food, water and medicine, after a cyclone ravaged its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte.