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Adam CastillejoJon Attenborough
4 – At the 2019 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, researchers announce that THE London Patient (Adam Castillejo) is the second person to be cured of HIV after receiving a bone marrow transplant from a donor who is genetically immune to the virus. (2019)
6 – The Sero Project and GMHC present a screening of the short film HIV Is Not a Crime, followed by a discussion on HIV criminalization. (2013)
National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day logo
10 – National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
20 – National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
21 –Tom Hanks wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film Philadelphia, in which he plays a lawyer living with HIV who sues his employer for wrongful termination. (1994)
Karl SchmidFacebook/Karl Schmid
23 – Karl Schmid, an Australian-born television entertainment reporter, reveals on Facebook that he’s been living with HIV for more than 10 years. (2018)
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