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3 – Rovio Entertainment, the creator of the game Angry Birds, celebrates Freddie Mercury by releasing an animation of Freddie the Angry Bird riding his bicycle to the tune of Queen’s “Bicycle Race” to raise awareness and funds for the Mercury Phoenix Trust. (2012)
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13 – Kate Shindle, the newly crowned Miss America, vows to dedicate her term to youth HIV prevention. (1997)
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15 – Act Now: End AIDS, a coalition of HIV organizations nationwide launches at the United States Conference on AIDS. (2016)
17-19 – Positive Women’s Network–USA holds Speak Up! in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, the first national leadership summit for women living with HIV. (2014)
18 – National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
25 – Tez Anderson launches Let’s Kick ASS—AIDS Survivor Syndrome, a grassroots support group for those who survived the early days of the epidemic. (2013)
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27 – National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
30 – The World Health Organization recommends that all people living with HIV worldwide should receive antiretroviral treatment as soon as possible after diagnosis and that those at “substantial” risk for the virus should be offered pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). (2015)
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