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SPOTTED: Greater Than AIDS Ambassador Jason Villalobos on the cover of April/May's POZ Magazine for his work on HIV prevention education!

AIDS at 30: Apathy plus HIV kills It was a chilly spring day in Washington when Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret Heckler made a historic announcement. "The probable cause of AIDS has been found," she began, "a variant of a known human cancer virus." It was 1984, and she confidently declared that a vaccine would be ava…

Get tested and know your partner's status: Knowing your own status is important for both your health and the health of your partner. Talking about your HIV status can be difficult or uncomfortable—but it's important to start the discussion BEFORE you have s*x.

You need to ask your s*xual partners:

Have you been tested for HIV?
When was the last time you had an HIV test?
What were the results of your HIV test?

If you have more than one s*x partner, the CDC recommends that you be tested for HIV and other s*xually transmitted infections (STIs) every 3-6 months.