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.

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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 …

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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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