AIDS, stigma, and finding a cure
One of the first things Amy Brooks told me when I interviewed her about this project is that she was concerned that AIDS was becoming “just another chronic disease.” Part of the reason HIV and AIDS tend to be forgotten in the public health landscape is that they are, to an extent, manageable, just like [...]
How close are we to a cure for HIV / AIDS?
When I began work on this month’s project, I contacted a clinician, a case manager, and a scientist to get their perspectives on how we’re making progress fighting HIV and AIDS. I’ve introduced you to the clinician and the case manager, but not the scientist.
Dave Wessner doesn’t actually study AIDS, but he’s written a textbook [...]
A visit to an HIV clinic: Part II
“I like your watch,” pharmacist Jin Jun tells me as I’m sitting down to interview him.
I have a plastic runner’s watch, nothing special, but I see Jun is wearing something similar. “Do you run?” I ask him.
Jun is a tall, personable man who runs marathons, it turns out, and he enthusiastically invites me to [...]
A visit to an HIV clinic: Part 1
Wednesday, February 10. I arrive at the Carolinas Medical Center Myers Park office at 7:55 a.m. A security guard informs me that the clinic doesn’t open until 8 a.m. and tells me to wait in the pharmacy. There are dozens of others in the room with me, and initially I wonder why so many folks [...]
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