"TV Host Talks About His Mission To End HIV Stigma"- Megyn Kelly
Karl Schmid, host of “On The Red Carpet,” revealed on Facebook in March 2018 that he has been HIV positive for ten years. Schmid said the day he found out he was HIV positive, he thought, “Oh my gosh, I’ve let my parents down.” While initially afraid of publicly sharing his diagnosis, he hopes to end the stigma attached to the disease. Antonio Urbina, MD, associate professor of medicine and infectious disease and medical director of the Institute for Advanced Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, spoke about that stigma. “A person living with HIV takes their medications, drives their viral load down to undetectable levels,” he said. “Their chances of transmitting is zero.”
- Antonio Urbina, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine, Infectious Disease, Medical Director, Institute for Advanced Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai