AIDS

The San Antonio AIDS Foundation has scaled back free testing services due to White House-imposed cuts in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding. Free HIV testing provides early detection and reducing transmission rates. How can San Antonians continue to get tested safely and confidentially for AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases?

Silence from the CDC on HIV prevention money spurred the state to request a pause in programming.

On Friday, a memorandum signed by Marco Rubio called for a 90-day cessation of foreign aid. That would likely put on hold the work of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

This week San Antonio is observing World AIDS Day Awareness with a variety of special events. This year's theme is "Honoring the Past, Empowering the Future." We are joined by Jose Contreras, prevention coordinator with the Beat AIDS coalition Trust.

Republicans in Congress back substantial cuts to the budget of the CDC, taking aim at one of former President Donald Trump's major health programs: a push to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S.

A phase one human trial of an mRNA HIV vaccine will soon begin in San Antonio.

During the 1980s and 1990s, the Catholic Church was often the focus of criticism and protests for its condemnation of queerness and its lack of response to the AIDS crisis.

From Texas Standard: This week, several federal officials, including the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, met with health...

From Texas Standard: Texas has the fourth highest rate of HIV and AIDS in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A...

A San Antonio researcher who declared war on HIV decades ago finds a potential new defense against the virus. Dr. Ruth Ruprecht discovered her mission in…