In 2007, a man known as the "Berlin patient" was cured of HIV through a stem cell transplant.
It was an incredible accomplishment that researchers all over the world scrutinized for years to come. He was the first and only documented case of a person who has been cured of HIV until March of this year, when a second patient was declared HIV-free from a simila ... Show More
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Trump, the Smithsonian, and the battle over U.S. history
American history has always been contested, but recent decisions by U.S. President Donald Trump to reshape the way it’s taught and remembered have put museums, schools, and memorials squarely in the crosshairs. Earlier this year, Trump passed an executive order that called for th ... Show More
32m 18s
Mar 2022
S1 Episode 1: HIV Treatment Then and Now: How Our Past Informs Our Present
In this episode, host Dr Michael Saag speaks with Dr Paul Volberding, founder of the world's first dedicated HIV outpatient clinic, about their clinical experience treating HIV from the early days of the pandemic until now. They discuss the medical breakthroughs that they have se ... Show More
26m 59s
Dec 2021
40 years later, stigma still overshadows HIV prevention
In 1981, the first case of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was diagnosed. The virus that causes AIDS, became a thing to be feared for people in the LGBTQ+ community, who also became a scapegoat for its existence.
On World AIDS Day, we remember that even when things have ch ... Show More
23m 18s
Apr 2021
HIV/AIDS and Stigma (with Peter Staley, Jonathan Van Ness & Dr. Oni Blackstock)
When HIV was first identified in the early 1980s, it was a public health crisis mired in urgent scientific questions: How was it transmitted? What were the symptoms? Could it be treated? But alongside that, and equally challenging to public health, was the stigma attached to the ... Show More
54m 23s
May 2023
Wie wurde der Düsseldorf-Patient von HIV geheilt?
mit Dr. med. Björn Jensen, Experte für Infektiologie
(1:23) Hintergründe HIV, Leukämie, Stammzelltransplantation | (2:50) Krankheitschronologie des Düsseldorf-Patienten | (11:14) Herausforderung: Heilung von HIV nachweisen | (20:35) Was macht die Therapie erfolgreich? | (27:30) K ... Show More
48m 26s
Nov 2021
David A. B. Murray, "Living with HIV in Post-crisis Times: Beyond the Endgame" (Lexington Books, 2021)
Over the past decade, effective prevention and treatment policies have resulted in global health organizations claiming that the end of the HIV/AIDS crisis is near and that HIV/AIDS is now a chronic but manageable disease. These proclamations have been accompanied by stagnant or ... Show More
54m 49s