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‘It is not a death sentence’: Advocates reflect on HIV misconceptions on World AIDS Day

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For 36 years, communities have recognized World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, and for the past four years, a remembrance walk in San Antonio has paved the way for AIDS recognition and understanding.

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‘There is a lot of hope’: Lives remembered, progress recognized for World AIDS Day in San Antonio

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Living Positive San Antonio has quilts hanging through the weekend mourning the lives of dozens of people who died due to AIDS. Its working to educate the community on what life looks like now for people living HIV-positive.

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Woman with HIV-positive status hopeful after fifth patient cured in Germany

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World news is hitting close to home for those living with HIV in San Antonio after researchers announced a 53-year-old man had been cured in Germany.

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Thirty years later, HIV/AIDS stigma still persists, advocates say

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Science has come a long way since the first cases of AIDS were reported in the U.S. 40 years ago.

Who is Dr. Anthony Fauci? Get to know the man who has become an American hero in the eyes of many

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At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s likely not many in the United States knew who Dr. Anthony Fauci was. In his younger years, Fauci reportedly would run for seven miles a day. When he was in midst of the fight against HIV/AIDS, Dr. Fauci was known to run 7 miles daily. Recently, a video from a 1988 presidential candidate debate between then-Vice President Bush and Michael Dukakis emerged. Bush: "Fauci ...top doctor at NIH, working hard doing something about research on this disease of AIDS" @HowardMortmanpic.twitter.com/tyDPRNuFcJ — David I. Ramadan (@DavidIRamadan) March 21, 20203.)