The U.S. Congress Recently Recognized “U=U.” Here’s How It Happened.

The United States Congress, for the first time ever, officially recognized Undetectable Equals Untransmittable (U=U) and the Prevention Access Campaign (PAC) for their efforts to spread the message of U=U via a certificate of congressional recognition authored by Texas congressmember Sheila Jackson Lee (D). The congressional document was presented during the Saturday, Sept. 7 plenary …

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Pete Buttigieg Explains His HIV Policy Ideas

“The core principles of such a strategy are simple. First, everyone with HIV should be in treatment so they can lead longer and higher quality lives and so they won’t transmit HIV, since we know that U=U (undetectable equals untransmittable). Second, we must make sure that PrEP (and other primary prevention interventions) is readily accessible to …

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National Coalition of STD Directors Formally Endorses U=U

Washington, DC, September 5, 2019 – “Science has proven that a person with sustained, undetectable levels of HIV in their blood cannot transmit HIV to their sexual partners (undetectable = untransmittable or U=U). The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) celebrates this fact and we stand committed to raise awareness of U=U. It is on us, …

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NY Times: Living With H.I.V. Isn’t a Crime. Why Is the United States Treating It Like One?

“Michael Johnson, a former college athlete convicted in 2015 of not disclosing his H.I.V.-positive status to sexual partners, was released on parole from a Missouri prison last month. Mr. Johnson, who is gay and black, had maintained his innocence, and there was no proof that he had transmitted the virus. And yet that didn’t seem to …

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US News and World Report: Living With HIV

“Darriane Martin, manager of HIV prevention for AltaMed Health Services Corp. in Los Angeles, agrees that an HIV-positive diagnosis is a far different thing now than it was when the disease first emerged as a scary epidemic in the 1980s. “Nearly 40 years of research has revolutionized the HIV treatment and management landscape. Groundbreaking new …

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GCN Ireland: ‘Stigma is killing people’: Prevention Access Campaign’s Bruce Richman on the necessity of sharing the U=U fact

“Three years ago, Prevention Access Campaign launched a campaign called Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U). Their founder and Executive Director, Bruce Richman, speaks here about his own journey into awareness and the absolute necessity to get the fact shared as widely as possible. U=U means that a person living with HIV who is on treatment and has an undetectable viral …

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POZ Magazine: U=U 2.0 Prevention Access Campaign builds on its success with a new executive director of North America.

“Murray Penner is the executive director of North America for Prevention Access Campaign (PAC), which originated the Undetectable Equals Untransmittable (U=U) message. U=U refers to the fact that people living with HIV on effective treatment cannot sexually transmit the virus. Since the launch of U=U, a groundswell of research has confirmed that having an undetectable …

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