The number of individuals receiving treatment for HIV/AIDS decreased, and disparities grew larger between Black and white residents.

On World AIDS Day.

It is the 20th year of Dining Out For Life, which supports support nutrition services for people living with HIV/AIDS and other life-challenging illnesses.

A new Human Rights Watch report says that D.C. police confiscate condoms from sex workers and use the number of condoms they are carrying as justification for stopping and questioning them.

An innovative program in place at the Penn Branch DMV has seen 8,000 people get tested for HIV—a small but significant step in fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic in D.C.

While D.C.’s HIV/AIDS rate is far higher than most places in the U.S. and even some developing countries, the city’s focus on combating the disease seems to be slowly paying dividends.

The 47,000 hand-sewn panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will go on display in D.C. this summer, the first time that the quilt has been in D.C. since 2004 and first time it will be on display in its entirety since 1996.

In April 2011, Antonio Davis was arrested during a protest on Capitol Hill. Almost a year later, he faces trial because the doctor-recommended marijuana he uses to mitigate the pain from AIDS registered on a court-mandated drug test.

If you’re wondering why the Wilson Building looks redder than usual this evening, it’s because the District is joining in today’s commemoration of World AIDS Day by hosting a number of events and shining red lights on the home of the city’s government.

A year ago, the District started an ambitious and innovative program to better test residents for HIV/AIDS — it started offering screening inside the Penn Branch DMV facility at 3220 Pennsylvania Avenue SE.