Health & Wellness

As Trump Guts Funding, HIV Activists Organize To Save Lives

Amy Maxmen / KFF Health News Jun 24, 2025 Community leaders in Mississippi and beyond race to limit the damage of governmental cuts to HIV care funding. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Film

Loud and Proud

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Jun 17, 2025 A documentary tells the story of Carl Bean, a disco star who preached the gospel of love and acceptance at the height of the AIDS crisis. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

HIV Testing and Outreach Falter As Funding Cuts Hit the South

Amy Maxmen / KFF Health News May 6, 2025 A disruption in federal funds has jeopardized HIV testing and outreach in Mississippi, and researchers warn of a resurgence of the epidemic in the South. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

People With HIV Are Living Longer—and Federal Spending Can’t Keep Up

Sam Whitehead / KFF Health News Jun 17, 2024 Aging with HIV comes with an increased risk of health complications, and many worry the U.S. health care system isn’t prepared to treat this growing population. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Opinion

How I Terrified Teenagers About AIDS in the 90s—and Why I Stopped

Jonathan Kirkpatrick / Filter Mag Aug 28, 2023 Learning to do HIV peer education in the ’90s, by unlearning what to say: confessions of a former instructor. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: The Reagan Revolution

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Jun 22, 2019 The 40th president, though he proved to be less extreme than his campaign promises, ignited a wide transformation that resounds to this day. Dig deeper ( 33 Min. Read )

Over a Million Americans Have HIV, CDC Reports

Ilana Novick / Truthdig May 13, 2019 In 2017, almost 16,000 people died from complications of the virus. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Second Man Seemingly AIDS-Free After Stem Cell Transplant

CARLA K. JOHNSON / The Associated Press Mar 5, 2019 Published online Monday by the journal Nature, the unidentified patient's case will be presented at an HIV conference in Seattle. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Nauseating Spectacle of George H.W. Bush’s Funeral

Dan O'Sullivan / Truthdig Dec 7, 2018 Pundits and politicians have transformed the 41st president into a paragon of virtue. All it took was a willful ignorance of history. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Big Pharma, Bad Policy Are Keeping the World From Ending AIDS

By Vijay Prashad / Independent Media Institute Nov 28, 2018 Dec. 1 marks the 30th World AIDS Day—and despite leaps forward in medicine and awareness in affluent parts of the world, it’s still a big problem elsewhere. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Rocks but Can’t Capture Mercury

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Oct 31, 2018 Ready, Freddie? The new biopic zooms in on Queen's lead singer, playing more like an extended music video than a faithful biopic---but it's still electric. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

David McReynolds, Pacifist and Socialist, 1929-2018

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Aug 29, 2018 Charming, ornery, all too human: the radical legacy of a democratic socialist. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )