HIV Research: Paving the Way to COVID Vaccines

The rapid development of COVID vaccines would not have been possible without innovative foundations developed through HIV vaccine research.

• Another HIV Vaccine Failure – What HIV and COVID Can Teach Each Other
• A Promising, “Unusual” Approach to Targeting HIV Spike Protein
• Do Sex Differences Matter for HIV Cure?

U.S. Sees Progress on HIV, Room for Improvement

CDC reports show “hopeful signs of progress,” including 8% decline in new HIV infections from 2015 to 2019.

• amfAR’s Greg Millett Presents on 40th Anniversary of HIV/AIDS
• FDA Approves Long-Acting Injectable to Treat HIV

TREAT Asia Launches Website on COVID in Asia-Pacific Region

The site is an important new source of information on COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics.

• A Forgotten Epidemic: Expanding Treatment Access for Hepatitis C
• UNAIDS: People Living With HIV More Vulnerable to COVID

amfAR’s Epic Voices Series Wins Award

PRNEWS panel declared amfAR’s Epic Voices to be inspiring, innovative, and deserving of industry-wide recognition for its impact on the global community.

Connections - Episode 6: COVID & HIV – Jonathan Cohen

Meet Jonathan Cohen, Director of the Global Public Health Program at Open Society Foundations. Jonathan spoke to amfAR about an opinion piece he wrote for STAT News, where he discussed his decision to publicly disclose his HIV status upon getting a Covid-19 vaccination.

COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS

We are constantly gathering new information to keep you up to date on the intersection between HIV and COVID-19. The hard-won lessons of HIV research are informing the race to find effective treatments and a vaccine for COVID-19.