https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/aids/RSS feed for AIDSenFri, 05 Dec 2025 17:47:07 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-trial-put-immune-system-boosting-therapies-to-the-test-to-fight-hiv-raising-hopes-for-keeping-the-virus-at-bay-180987785/In the small study, seven out of ten participants maintained low levels of HIV for several months after receiving the experimental treatment and stopping their usual daily medicationsFri, 05 Dec 2025 17:47:07 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-trial-put-immune-system-boosting-therapies-to-the-test-to-fight-hiv-raising-hopes-for-keeping-the-virus-at-bay-180987785/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-death-of-a-sports-legend-on-this-day-in-1993-changed-how-americans-viewed-aids-180985966/Tennis star Arthur Ashe achieved many firsts as a Black athlete. In the months leading up to his death, he thrust AIDS advocacy into the mainstreamThu, 06 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-death-of-a-sports-legend-on-this-day-in-1993-changed-how-americans-viewed-aids-180985966/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/read-freddie-mercurys-heartbreaking-announcement-of-his-diagnosis-with-hivaids-released-on-this-date-in-1991-just-a-day-before-the-queen-frontman-died-180985325/Until Mercury released the statement, tabloid newspapers hounded the ailing singer, while only a smaller inner circle knew about the extent of his illnessSat, 23 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/read-freddie-mercurys-heartbreaking-announcement-of-his-diagnosis-with-hivaids-released-on-this-date-in-1991-just-a-day-before-the-queen-frontman-died-180985325/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/keith-haring-painted-this-mural-wall-iowa-elementary-school-library-180984398/Ahead of planned construction, experts removed the 4,000-pound wall behind the 1989 artwork, which is now on public display for the first timeWed, 22 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/keith-haring-painted-this-mural-wall-iowa-elementary-school-library-180984398/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/who-will-design-londons-first-permanent-hivaids-memorial-180983950/Five artists have been shortlisted for the project, which will be located near the site of the U.K.'s first dedicated AIDS wardThu, 14 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/who-will-design-londons-first-permanent-hivaids-memorial-180983950/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/keith-haring-painting-artificial-intelligence-180983563/Critics say the image is disrespectful of the original work, which the artist made as a commentary on the AIDS epidemicWed, 10 Jan 2024 18:41:31 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/keith-haring-painting-artificial-intelligence-180983563/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/keith-haring-obscure-1980s-computer-drawings-take-the-auction-block-as-nfts-180982855/The never-before-seen images will be sold as NFTs at an upcoming Christie’s auctionWed, 06 Sep 2023 21:15:03 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/keith-haring-obscure-1980s-computer-drawings-take-the-auction-block-as-nfts-180982855/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/national-mall-spotlights-overlooked-histories-in-new-outdoor-monument-exhibition-180982760/In "Beyond Granite: Pulling Together," six artists have created works for a month-long displayTue, 22 Aug 2023 13:28:17 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/national-mall-spotlights-overlooked-histories-in-new-outdoor-monument-exhibition-180982760/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/craigs-closet-aids-memorial-new-york-180982455/"Craig's closet" stands near the former site of St. Vincent's, a hospital at the center of the city's AIDS epidemicThu, 29 Jun 2023 21:24:34 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/craigs-closet-aids-memorial-new-york-180982455/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/patient-cured-of-hiv-after-stem-cell-transplant-researchers-say-180981673/He is at least the third person cured in this way, which would likely be too risky for patients who don’t also have cancerWed, 22 Feb 2023 13:51:57 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/patient-cured-of-hiv-after-stem-cell-transplant-researchers-say-180981673/