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  "id": 6930782,
  "title": "'People are still afraid of those three letters': Fighting the stigma of HIV",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/people-are-still-afraid-of-those-three-letters-fighting-the-stigma-of-6930782",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-12T13:03:20.000Z",
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  "summary": "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.",
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        "title": "'People are still afraid of those three letters': Fighting the stigma of HIV",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}