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GLAAD’s #FactsAndVax campaign on Instagram Reels enlists Black influencers to educate about mpox. [VIDEOS]

This is an improvement from 36% in 2020, notes this year’s State of HIV Stigma Report and survey from GLAAD.

Wake Forest University’s Faith Coordinating Center launched the Black Faith and HIV initiative with hopes of building a national movement.

Some fear the monkeypox response is not being prioritized because the virus affects gay men, especially those who are Black or Latino.

A Texas lawyer argues that requiring insurance to cover PrEP to prevent HIV amounts to forcing Christians to support homosexual behavior.

The AIDS Memorial Quilt’s Change the Pattern HIV initiative will launch in Mississippi and focus on Black and brown communities.

There’s an HIV crisis in the South. Participate in #SHAAD on Saturday, August 20, and change the narrative around the epidemic.

The growing monkeypox outbreak is increasingly mirroring the disparities of the HIV epidemic.

Gilead Sciences, the Morehouse School of Medicine and Xavier University boost HIV care for Black Americans in a COVID-impacted South.

Public health programs are failing to provide adequate PrEP access for Black and Latino Americans.

Gilead Sciences’ COMPASS Initiative funds the Transformative Grants to bolster HIV groups in the South.

Childhood socioeconomic status, location and race were taken into consideration when examining cognitive performance.

Gilead Sciences’ “Zeroing In” program helps 116 grantees boost HIV innovation, education and outreach in marginalized communities.

In its 30th year, Elton John’s Oscar viewing party raised $8.6 million. Plus: Lil Nas X and Gilead fight HIV in the South.

About 37% of uninsured Black Americans live in three states—Florida, Georgia and Texas—that chose not to expand Medicaid.

Nine out of the 10 areas with the highest likelihood of being diagnosed with HIV are located in the South.