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November 25, 2019

New Survey of Young Adults Uncovers Low Levels of Accurate Knowledge About HIV Transmission Coupled with High-Risk Sexual Behaviors

KENILWORTH, N.J., NEW YORK, N.Y., November 25, 2019 – Merck (NYSE: MRK) known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, in partnership with Prevention Access Campaign today launched Owning HIV: Young Adults and the Fight Ahead, a new campaign featuring results from a first-of-its-kind survey to better understand beliefs and perceptions about HIV among young …

November 18, 2019

Prevention Access Campaign Aims to Teach Singles & Couples That U=U Means Those With Undetectable HIV Can’t Transmit The Virus

“Four major scientific studies have proven that HIV-positive individuals who have an undetectable viral load and stay on their medications do not transmit the virus to sexual partners. The findings were initially announced in 2008 with the Swiss Statement, and they were confirmed again in 2016. For many people diagnosed with the virus, the news is …

October 31, 2019

HIV positive rugby star Gareth Thomas graces cover of Men’s Health

“Welsh rugby player Gareth Thomas features on the cover of the UK edition of Men’s Health magazine. It is the first time the magazine has featured an openly HIV positive cover star and health advocates are hailing it as historic… “At a time when boorish, chauvinistic male stereotypes are rightly being hung out to dry, Gareth represents …

October 30, 2019

Undark Podcast Episode 40: The Struggle to Change an HIV Narrative

“This month: The history of a destigmatizing message about HIV transmission and how it finally made it to the public. In this episode, join radio producer and sound designer Alexander Charles Adams and podcast host Lydia Chain as they investigate the complex history of a destigmatizing message about HIV transmission, and how it is changing …

October 25, 2019

Once Trece in Venezuela Shares “MINAKA OREKO ORI MAJANAKA” in Warao means Undetectable equals Instransmissible: M = M

In Venezuela, amidst one of the worst humanitarian crises since the beginning of the epidemic, the indigenous Waroa are learning M=M (U=U). Check out the video here.

October 10, 2019

Presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Anderson Cooper on U=U

At HRC’s #PowerOfOurPride LGBTQ* Town Hall, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Anderson Cooper discuss the HIV epidemic today and Undetectable = Untransmittable. Check out the video here.

September 24, 2019

Watch Jonathan Van Ness Explain U=U on the ‘Today Show’

“Jonathan Van Ness is out here doing the work. On the heels of the Queer Eye grooming expert calling out the Trump administration over its ongoing attempt to defund Planned Parenthood, he’s now spreading helpful information like U=U — which means that those living with HIV that are undetectable, can not transmit the virus to others.” Read the rest …

September 21, 2019

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 …

Latest News

New Survey of Young Adults Uncovers Low Levels of Accurate Knowledge About HIV Transmission Coupled with High-Risk Sexual Behaviors

Prevention Access Campaign Aims to Teach Singles & Couples That U=U Means Those With Undetectable HIV Can’t Transmit The Virus

HIV positive rugby star Gareth Thomas graces cover of Men’s Health

Undark Podcast Episode 40: The Struggle to Change an HIV Narrative

Once Trece in Venezuela Shares “MINAKA OREKO ORI MAJANAKA” in Warao means Undetectable equals Instransmissible: M = M

Presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Anderson Cooper on U=U

Watch Jonathan Van Ness Explain U=U on the ‘Today Show’

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