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Black artists have always led AIDS activism. This tribute wants to give them credit

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Black artists have always led AIDS activism. This tribute wants to give them credit

Activist Pamela Sneed says this year's walk will honor Black artists' contributions that have been erased from AIDS narratives.

Black artists have always led AIDS activism. This tribute wants to give them credit

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Long Before COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci 'Changed Medicine In America Forever'

President Trump's daily briefings on the COVID-19 pandemic have introduced millions of Americans to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Evan Vucci/AP Photo hide caption

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Long Before COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci 'Changed Medicine In America Forever'

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New Yorker writer Michael Specter covered Fauci's early work in the AIDS epidemic. "He's always taken an open-minded approach to the problems," Specter says of the infectious-disease expert.

Long Before COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci 'Changed Medicine In America Forever'

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Pioneering HIV Researcher Mathilde Krim Remembered For Her Activism

Dr. Mathilde Krim at the World AIDS Day Symposium presented by the Foundation For AIDS Research and the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in 2002. Krim had a knack for helping people talk about HIV/AIDS rationally, colleagues say. Theo Wargo/WireImage hide caption

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Pioneering HIV Researcher Mathilde Krim Remembered For Her Activism

Mathilde Krim, who died this week, was a vocal pioneer in HIV treatment and research at a time when discrimination against people with AIDS in the U.S. was rampant, even in medical care.

Pioneering HIV Researcher Mathilde Krim Remembered For Her Activism

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Prevention Programs Curb New HIV Infections In South Africa

Health care workers in South Africa speak to residents during a door-to-door AIDS awareness campaign, part of a series of prevention efforts that has helped lower the country's HIV infection rate. Mujahid Safodien/Reuters /Landov hide caption

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Prevention Programs Curb New HIV Infections In South Africa

More than half a million South Africans were infected with HIV in 2000. Efforts to stem the virus since then have produced marked results in the number of new infections. But the total number of people with HIV in South Africa still isn't going down.

Prevention Programs Curb New HIV Infections In South Africa

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