Cured?  But Who Am I Now?  What happens when the virus isn’t the story anymore?  Let’s start with the obvious: there is no cure for HIV. Yet.  But science is no longer whispering from the back of the lab—it’s speaking clearly, thoughtfully, and showing real progress. Hope is justified, even if certainty is not.

Celebrating 10 Years and Looking Ahead to 2026 2025 was a milestone year for HARP-PS as we celebrated our 10th anniversary—a decade of service, advocacy, and community-building for people aging with HIV. Over these ten years, HARP-PS has grown from a single annual conference into a year-round.

Let’s cut to the chase: World AIDS Day—launched on December 1, 1988—wasn’t born from some kumbaya moment. It came from two World Health Organization public information officers, James W. Bunn and Thomas Netter, and the visionary Dr. Jonathan Mann. Their goal? Carve out a date,December 1 that’d get airtime long after U.S. elections and before holiday TV specials drown everything else out.