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Retired rugby star Gareth Thomas, who is HIV positive, came to Rio de Janeiro's famed Ipanema Beach to participate in a campaign called "Tackle HIV."
Ian Cheibub for NPR
'People are still afraid of those three letters': Fighting the stigma of HIV
David Cox
That's a quote from former rugby star Gareth Thomas, who is HIV positive. At the International AIDS Conference in Rio this year, he spoke out about the isolation and discrimination tied to the virus.
Taya Hailstone has been in remission from Hodgkin lymphoma for five years, but the cancer's lasting damage to her organs and nerves can make basic tasks hard. Even so, Montana's health department decided Hailstone is no longer eligible for low-cost disability health coverage through Medicaid.
Kyla Hailstone
A cancer survivor hoped to work — then she lost her Medicaid disability coverage
Katheryn Houghton
Clockwise from top left: Yahya Adbul-Mateen II in Wonder Man, Rhea Seehorn in Pluribus, Noah Wyle in The Pitt, Lisa Kudrow in The Comeback.
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If the Emmys were up to us ...
Glen Weldon, Aisha Harris, Eric Deggans
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, center right, arrives for the BRICS summit in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (Indian Foreign Ministry via AP)
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Trump meets Ireland's leaders before heading to his golf club in Doonbeg
The Associated Press
Texas Standard
Trump’s convention comments about Paxton a mixed bag of support and criticism. Did it help?
Texas Attorney General endured barbs and roadblocks for his chance in the national spotlight at the Republican midterm convention — and it may not be enough.
Researchers say they may have detected a dark matter particle for the first time
25 years later, a Houston firefighter remembers the brother he lost on 9/11
This Texan’s 9/11 Story Is Now A Book And A Musical
The Army is training medics to treat a different kind of patient: Wounded dogs on the battlefield
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