Eyewitness Newsmakers: HIV is no longer a death sentence - a look at new preventions, treatments
abc7.com
Long before there was COVID-19, the world feared another virus: HIV. The virus that causes AIDS has killed more than 40 million people worldwide. Today, however, nearly as many people are living with HIV as have died from it.
  • DerpyPoint@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I find it really sickening how the LGBT+ community is used as a scapegoat for burdening the healthcare system with HIV as if non-LGBT+ groups can do no wrong with spreading STDs. We need to focus on solutions instead of blame now that medical technologies are considerably improving

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    His newly-diagnosed patients are started on a regimen of one pill a day or one injection every two months.

    Medications were also discussed with Craig Bowers, Chief Marketing and External Affairs Officer for APLA Health.

    APLA Health offers many services to people living with HIV and AIDS.

    AIDS Walk Los Angeles is the largest fundraiser of the year for APLA Health.

    While a lot of their money comes from Medi-Cal, the funding from AIDS Walk Los Angeles allows them to do things like prevention and make people aware of the organization.

    The goal was to provide food to people who were sick or lonely, nourishing their souls.

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