[NOT TO BE MISSED] Forty-four years into the HIV epidemic, new science gives us unprecedented hope — but also exposes old inequalities. Health Beat’s World Aids Day edition sees Mia Malan at home with Justice Edwin Cameron, who has lived with HIV since 1985, and catches up with Linda-Gail Bekker, whose team led the trials for lenacapavir, a twice-yearly prevention jab that’s almost 100% effective. Their stories remind us: science alone won’t end HIV. Policy, funding and equity must follow. Catch

⚕️ Despite endeavours to broaden awareness and knowledge of #HIV and its impacts on human health since its discovery in 1981, misinformation on the disease is widespread in #France. On World AIDS Day, Elitsa Gadeva takes a closer look in our #PressReview ⤵️ | FRANCE 24 English

More than 8,000 Prince George's County residents are living with HIV. | WUSA 9

Today is World AIDS Day Have you heard about Lenacapavir or LEN, a new drug WHO recommends to protect people at risk of HIV? For some people, taking daily pills is not easy. But Lenacapavir could change everything because instead of taking daily pills, people can now get injections every six months. At the time where funding for HIV is limited, this new drug could mean fewer new infections and more lives saved. | World Health Organization (WHO)