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#hivaids

The Reverend Joyce McDonald says a pastor once told her to "ask God what type of artist you are." She says God responded, "You're a testimonial artist." McDonald's testimonies come in the form of mostly unfired clay sculptures, sometimes embellished with glitter, nail polish, fabric, or paper towels. These figures are very small and simple (a mother and child, a woman praying) and almost naïve in affect (they carry titles like

Groups fighting to prevent HIV on the ground in Senegal face a double blow of aid cuts with Britain announcing a 150m cut to their biggest donor, the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on top of Donald Trump slashing US aid funding. Senegal has already had its ability to stop the spread of the virus hollowed out by Trump's cuts announced at the start of the year, which have hit services reaching some of the most vulnerable groups.

The Rhythm Nation pop star, now 59, called on producer Steve Nicolaides to make the sensitive request, according to an excerpt The Hollywood Reporter published from Jeff Pearlman's Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur, out Tuesday. You know, Tupac's reputation is that he's a cat about town, the Grammy winner reportedly said. And I don't want to swap saliva with him until I'm really sure that he's healthy and clean.

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The year was 1987. Phill Wilson was 31, a recent transplant to L.A. from his hometown of Chicago. A mysterious infection that weakened its hosts' immune systems was killing people at a terrifying rate, while the Reagan administration downplayed and openly joked about the disease. Some major news outlets initially wrote off the emerging epidemic as a "gay plague," insinuating that other Americans didn't need to worry about it.

The San Francisco AIDS Foundation's (SFAF) Tribute Gala 2025 was held on Saturday, September 20, at The Four Seasons Hotel. The event is held annually to celebrate the fight against HIV/AIDS and the journey to health justice for all. ABC7's Reggie Aqui served as emcee for the evening, and SFAF CEO Dr. Tyler TerMeer welcomed and thanked supporters and friends for attending. Co-chairs of the event were Larkin R. Callaghan, MD, of Gilead Sciences, and Dan Bernal, Vice Chancellor at UCSF.

The road erases everything. Here in the United States, you can drive for hours in a single cardinal direction without turning the wheel or grazing the brakes. By the time you get to where you're going, your life story will be rewritten. That, at least, is the dream of the old, worn-out American road story. Joe Westmoreland's isn't exactly a road story, even though it's billed that way, with a grainy picture of a two-lane highway adorning the reverse of the title page.

"Children are being singled out for being trans on the nightly news, and it's really, really scary."

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Long Beach) is calling on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to explain the Trump administration's cuts to HIV/AIDS programs, citing concerns over misinformation regarding the virus.

People at higher risk of HIV, such as gay men and people who inject drugs, are facing record levels of criminalisation worldwide, according to UNAids.

The UK Aids Memorial Quilt display at Tate Modern will feature 42 quilts and 23 individual panels honoring those who lost their lives to HIV/Aids.