CWRU AIDS Clinical Trials Unit

June 5th is HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day, a day that is especially meaningful this year in the face of increasing cuts to healthcare and targeted attacks on communities most impacted by HIV/AIDS - black people, transgender women, and gay, bis*xual, and other men who have s*x with men. 2026 marks a sobering anniversary of the first official report of AIDS: 45 years and 45 million dead around the world.

ACT UP Cleveland is leading a Sunset Candlelight Vigil this year to commemorate HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day. We will be joined by many others across the country in honoring HIV Long-Term Survivors and in remembrance of all lives lost due to healthcare cuts.

This nationwide vigil on June 5th is part of Seven Days In June: HEALTH IS PRIMARY, a broad, non-partisan, nationwide mobilization June 1-7 to demand our elected officials go on the record and answer for these cuts. https://www.sevendaysinjune.org

Health cuts kill, and we will not let them hide from this - SILENCE = DEATH. We stand alongside frontline nurses, patients, and healthcare advocates like actor Noah Wyle (The Pitt) to protect our care.

Join us at 8pm on June 5th at the Free Stamp to show our leaders that health is not just a budget line - it is our survival. RSVP for our event here.
https://www.sevendaysinjune.org/event/46/june-5th-candlelight-vigil-610-lakeside-avenue-east-cleveland-oh-44114-united-st/

Call your elected officials to Save HIV Funding using this template. https://savehivfunding.org/fy27hivfunding/

ACT UP! 🔥 FIGHT BACK! 🔥 FIGHT AIDS! 🔥

Check out the new POZ Magazine HIV-Prevention Drug Chart, and contact us if you'd like to learn more from our PrEP navigators at UH. 💜

2026 HIV Prevention Drug Chart This quick-reference chart compares antiretroviral options for the prevention of HIV, including adult dosing information.

HIV Vaccine Awareness Day ( ) is observed annually on May 18 to recognize the scientists, volunteers, and health professionals working to develop a safe and effective preventive HIV vaccine. Led by the NIH, this day highlights the importance of continued research and community participation in trials to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic. 🔥

Research should never happen *about* communities without happening *with* communities.

The future of HIV advocacy, public health, and community-centered research depends on younger voices having a seat at the table today. 🔥

To every young advocate, organizer, student, researcher, peer educator, and community member: Your perspective matters more than you know. 💜

Tomorrow, May 17, is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. A day where we show up for LGBTQ+ young people. 🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💜 Learn more at https://www.thetrevorproject.org