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October 3, 2017

Virally suppressed people have “effectively no risk” of transmitting HIV, says US CDC: but how many are suppressed?

“This form of words is important. It marks a break with the CDC’s previous formulation that viral suppression ‘greatly reduces the chance’ of HIV transmission. The change in wording is being attributed both to data such as that from the recent Opposites Attract study, and to the lead given by the Prevention Access Campaign and its “U=U” (Undetectable equals Untransmittable) …

October 1, 2017

Bruce Richman Interviewed on U=U in Brazil’s Bonde News Outlet

Bruce Richman, Founding Executive Director of Prevention Access Campaign, speaks about how the U=U campaign was started, why it’s important, and the current challenges and victories of the campaign. “We have been taught to be afraid of HIV and people with HIV for decades.” “The greatest moments [of the campaign] have been meeting people from many parts of the …

September 29, 2017

City of Chicago and Community Leaders Join U=U Campaign as Part of New Effort to Reduce HIV Transmissions to Zero

The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced today that both the City of Chicago and Chicago’s primary HIV advisory body, the Chicago Area HIV Integrated Services Council (CAHISC), have joined the U=U Campaign. “HIV treatment works,” said Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Julie Morita. ‘We are proud to join U=U as we continue to …

September 29, 2017

New York State Becomes the First State in the U.S. to join U=U

Today, the New York State Department of Health became the first state in the United States to join the U=U campaign. New York State DOH Commissioner Zucker issued “Dear Colleague Letters” detailing this historic development. “Results from clinical trials on TasP are now sufficiently robust for global authorities on AIDS research and policy to support a message …

September 29, 2017

Those With Undetectable HIV at ‘Effectively No Risk’ of Transmitting Virus, CDC Says

“Following the lead of hundreds of HIV experts and prevention organizations around the world, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week stated there is “effectively no risk” of an HIV-positive person with an undetectable viral load — the amount of HIV in blood — sexually transmitting the virus to an HIV-negative partner.” “Bruce …

September 27, 2017

The CDC Follows the Data: Effectively NO RISK

On National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the CDC released a history-making statement with updated language on viral suppression and transmission risk. “That is a remarkable statement,” as Bruce Richman, executive director of the Prevention Access Campaign’s Undetectable=Untransmittable campaign tells us, “This is the moment we have been waiting for! The CDC agreed today there is …

September 14, 2017

Federal Leaders Work Together to Get the Word Out About Research Showing Viral Suppression Prevents HIV Transmission

Richard Wolitski, Ph.D., Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, reflects on this historic moment, “I was particularly struck by the obvious growing consensus about the research showing HIV treatment that leads to viral suppression prevents sexual transmission of the virus.” “These scientific findings require that we step …

September 9, 2017

Dr. Anthony Fauci confirms U=U at the United States Conference on AIDS

History is made when Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the world’s preeminent immunologist and director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at NIH confirmed today at the United States Conference on AIDS in Washington, D.C. that “the science really does validate and verify U=U.” Flanked by U=U on the large screens, Dr. Fauci …

Latest News

Virally suppressed people have “effectively no risk” of transmitting HIV, says US CDC: but how many are suppressed?

Bruce Richman Interviewed on U=U in Brazil’s Bonde News Outlet

City of Chicago and Community Leaders Join U=U Campaign as Part of New Effort to Reduce HIV Transmissions to Zero

New York State Becomes the First State in the U.S. to join U=U

Those With Undetectable HIV at ‘Effectively No Risk’ of Transmitting Virus, CDC Says

The CDC Follows the Data: Effectively NO RISK

Federal Leaders Work Together to Get the Word Out About Research Showing Viral Suppression Prevents HIV Transmission

Dr. Anthony Fauci confirms U=U at the United States Conference on AIDS