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World leaders agree to reduce the annual number of new HIV infections to under 370 000 and AIDS-related deaths to 250 000, eliminate new HIV infections among children...

Treatment for HIV and AIDS has significantly evolved over the years. Health officials believe because of technological advances -- making it no longer the death sentence it once was. People are living longer as a result.

On June 5, 1981, a curious report appeared in the Center for Disease Control's weekly public health digest: Five young, gay men across Los Angeles had been diagnosed with an unusual lung infection known as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) -- and two of them had died.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued a presidential proclamation recognizing June as Pride Month, vowing to fight for full equality for the LGBTQ community to be codified into law.

Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor Billy Porter disclosed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Wednesday that he learned he had HIV in 2007...

Gay and transgender people will be protected against sex discrimination in healthcare, the U.S. health secretary said on Monday, as President Joe Biden’s administration reversed a policy...

Homecoming, the annual fall ritual that brings so many together, will take on new meaning this year because NMAC has decided to make a run for it and hold the 2021 United States Conference on HIV/AIDS in person. Mark your calendars for Oct 28-31, 2021 in Washington, DC at the Marriott Marquis.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said the action restores protections under a provision of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, against sexual discrimination in healthcare. It was the latest in a series of steps the Democratic president has taken to bolster LGBT rights.

GLAAD, the world's largest LGBTQ+ media advocacy organization, released an open letter Wednesday signed by over 465 feminist leaders in advocacy, business, entertainment, media, politics and social justice standing in solidarity with transgender women and girls in honor of Women's History Month and Transgender Day of Visibility.

U.S. regulators have approved the first long-acting drug combo for HIV, monthly shots that can replace the daily pills now used to control infection with the AIDS virus.