Through the amfAR Research Consortium on HIV Eradication (ARCHE), a program that fosters collaboration among teams of scientists, amfAR awards more than $2.3 million in grants to seven teams of researchers working on gene therapy-based approaches to curing HIV.
African Americans account for 43% of new HIV diagnoses, although they comprise only 13% of the population.
The New York Times reports that, as a group, African American gay and bisexual men have a higher HIV prevalence than any nation in the world.
amfAR launches its Opioid & Health Indicators Database to help communities, policymakers, and advocates effectively respond to the opioid epidemic. The database houses comprehensive data on HIV and hepatitis C infections, opioid use, overdose death rates, and the availability of services such as drug treatment and syringe services programs.
California governor Jerry Brown signs a bill downgrading the charge for knowingly exposing a sexual partner to HIV or donating blood without disclosing the infection from a felony to a misdemeanor.
