Michael Caron McGuill

Epidemiologist

The high-stakes vaccine race is on, but with an all too familiar twist: Who will get access to it? 

We can honor Larry’s moral courage by fighting for equitable access to the vaccine in the U.S. and globally. 

If our elected officials won’t ensure equitable, moral access to national and global life-saving vaccines, we must demand it.

What We Can Learn From The AIDS Crisis In The Race For A COVID-19 Vaccine

Marchers at the Pride Parade, Sunday, June 25, 1989 in New York, New York, carry signs '9 years of AIDS, One drug approved for HIV.'  (Mariette Pathy Allen/Getty Images)

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I am now in my late 50s, and all my friends who were also diagnosed in 1985 have died.

There is no better way to honor the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the HIV antibody test in 1985 than to overhaul our HIV prevention messages.

Testing Positive: Sobering Truths About Living With HIV

Michael Caron McGuill: "Young people with their lives ahead of them are acquiring HIV at unprecedented rates. They deserve to know the facts." Pictured: 
An unidentified medical clinician, left, performs an HIV blood test on a patient at a Planned Parenthood location in Boston. (Steven Senne/AP)