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Cover of the In The Waiting Room World AIDS Day special feature — the words 'HIV Today: What’s Changed — and What Still Matters?' above a warm outdoor portrait of a smiling couple
Special Feature Nº11World AIDS Day 2026

HIV Today: What’s Changed — and What Still Matters?

Testing, prevention, treatment and why old assumptions about HIV no longer tell the whole story.

Special Feature Nº11 · World AIDS Day 2026

Everyday Health

A calm, current guide to HIV in Australia: what has genuinely changed, the difference between HIV and AIDS, why feeling well tells you nothing about your status, how testing actually works, PrEP and PEP, what undetectable means for transmission, who is affected, and what a diagnosis means today.

Inside this feature

  • A Lot Has Changed. Not Everyone Knows It.
  • HIV Is a Virus. AIDS Is a Stage of Illness.
  • Feeling Well Doesn’t Tell You Your HIV Status
  • It May Be Simpler Than You Think
  • PrEP Before. PEP After.
  • Undetectable = Untransmittable
  • Don’t Rely on a Stereotype
  • A Diagnosis Is Not the End of the Story
  • Knowing More Gives You More Options
Read the special feature 10 pages · 1 December 2026
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General information, not a diagnosis. If anything here feels familiar, the next step is a conversation with your GP.

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