Ambtenaren zeggen dat het aantal nieuwe infecties onder blanke homo- en biseksuele mannen de afgelopen tien jaar is gedaald, maar dat zwarte en Latijns-Amerikaanse tegenhangers die vooruitgang niet hebben gezien.
President Joe Biden beloofde agressieve actie om een einde te maken aan hiv in de VS en kondigde woensdag op Wereldaidsdag een driejarig stappenplan aan om het aantal nieuwe hiv-transmissies in de VS tegen 2030 met 90% te verminderen. Hij deed dit door als eerste Amerikaanse president een rechtstreeks verband te leggen tussen systemisch racisme en andere vormen van discriminatie en de aanhoudende hiv-epidemie.
Het einde van het Canadese verbod voor homo- en biseksuele mannen om bloed te doneren op basis van seksuele geaardheid alleen, kan binnenkort verleden tijd zijn.
Klinische proeven op mensen zijn gestart voor een experimenteel HIV-vaccin dat gebruik maakt van dezelfde soort mRNA-technologie als het succesvolle COVID-19-vaccin van Moderna, zo maakte de geneesmiddelenproducent deze week bekend.
De CDC en het Florida Department of Health onderzoeken een groeiende uitbraak van meningokokkenziekte in Florida, die de CDC "een van de ergste uitbraken" van de ziekte in de Amerikaanse geschiedenis noemt.
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