Almost a quarter-century after his passing, Pedro Zamora continues to inspire future generations and help in the fight against HIV By Desirée Guerrero I recently had the honor of attending a private fundraiser for the Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship, a program of the National AIDS Memorial Grove (NAM). And I say “honor” for

Understanding the importance of basic HIV research and clinical trials – and the benefits of being undetectable By Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. Carl W. Dieffenbach, PhD, is director of the Division of AIDS (DAIDS) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He oversees

By Desirée Guerrero How writing about people living with HIV inspired profound change in my own life About a year and a half ago, I was in a dark place. After a painful separation from the love of my life, I felt not only completely broken inside but also scared as hell. And I needed

Finding family when you don’t think you can make your own By Jeff Berry One of the first disco albums I ever owned, We Are Family by Sister Sledge, I didn’t actually buy, but I won in a radio call-in contest in the spring of 1979. I was living at home at the time and