The Winners of the 2018
#POZAwards
are here! Congrats to all of the winners, including Best Actor in Film and Television, Cory Michael Smith for his performance in
@1985thefilm
by
@iamyentan
. See the rest of the categories and winners here!
@mister_CMS
It is officially
#WorldAIDSDay
EST in the United States. Let's remember those who we've lost, support those living with
#HIV
and do our part to create a world without stigma. Every day.
#WAD2017
Timothy Ray Brown, the First Man Cured of HIV, Dies at Age 54 -Brown, formerly known as “the Berlin Patient,” died at his home surrounded by his partner and friends.
#HIV
RIP
@ed_kilgore
Those of us in the AIDS community will never forget the dark heart of American christianity that revealed itself in the 1980s: "AIDS is God's punishment for being gay" was a hateful, hurtful phrase and mentality that said everything about the limitations of their empathy.
The Best in Film/Television for the 2017
#POZAwards
rose above the rest... congrats to
@WhenWeRiseABC
for capturing our hearts in this beautiful mini-series
#HIV
New
#HIV
Vaccine Trial in Americas and Europe Backed by Promising Earlier Study - The ASCENT trial found that the vaccine regimen that was advanced to the forthcoming Mosaico trial prompted a strong immune response.
#IAS2019
#AIDS
Man With
#HIV
Is in Long-Term Viral Remission After Intensified Treatment - Researchers project the Brazilian man could become the first person deemed cured of HIV without a bone marrow transplant.
#AIDS2020Virtual
#AIDS2020
#AIDS
#AIDSisEveryday
April 20, 1990 Silence=Death buttons proposed at ACT UP meeting (Avram Finkelstein pays for first 1000.). See other April milestones in HIV/AIDS here:
@actupny
@Visual_AIDS
#AIDSisEveryday
September 9,
#1983
The CDC identifies all major routes of
#HIV
transmission—and rules out transmission by casual contact, food, water, air, or environmental surfaces
@Visual_AIDS
#WorldHealthDay
It is possible to be living with
#HIV
and healthy. To be and stay healthy, the first step is knowing your status. We hope this tweet finds you well today. For more on
#HIV
testing, stigma, treatment news and more, visit us at:
U = ... Unbeatable? Big congrats to
@BR999
and
@PreventionAC
, their
#UEqualsU
(Undetectable = Untransmittable) campaign is this year's pick for Best Media Campaign for People Living With
#HIV
in the 2017
#POZAwards
!
Undetectable Equals Untransmittable: Tips on how to communicate U=U a Undetectable Equals Untransmittable poster that you can use to help promote the information!
#UEqualsU
Check out our new issue of POZ, and the cover story on Sean McKenna and longterm survivors living with
#HIV
who have also dealt with cancer. "So many of us in our 50s or 60s are experiencing things that don’t usually happen until the 70s or 80s."
The Top 20 POZ Blog Entries, based on views!
#11
by Stuart of
@theaidsmemorial
: An Interview With
@jackmackenroth
: "Try not to freak out. Educate yourselves. Be your own advocates. Talk to
#longtermsurvivors
like myself. And take your meds asap."
What if scientists could genetically engineer a person’s immune cells so they would identify and attack HIV-infected cells, thus eliminating the virus from the body? That’s the hope behind chimeric antigen T-cell therapy or CAR-T therapy.
#HIV
#CARTherapy
#POZStories
"People living with HIV are just like anyone else. We cry, eat, laugh, sleep and love." Mark Grantham,
#HIV
poz since
#1984
, discovered that activism and advocacy were his callings- find out what else makes him tick!