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VideoCDC Trying Out Free Rapid HIV/AIDS Test at Rural and Urban Drugstores
by Jorge Rivas on June 26 2012, 5:16PM
Throughout the two-year initiative, CDC will provide training for staff in community pharmacies and retail clinics in 12 urban areas and 12 rural areas with high HIV prevalence or significant unmet HIV testing needs.
CDC: 1 in 16 Black Men Will Be Diagnosed with HIV During Their Lifetime
by Jorge Rivas on February 7 2012, 4:12PM
The impact of HIV has been devastating among black youth, with approximately 40 percent of new infections among blacks now occurring among those between the ages of 13 and 29.
Federal Funding for Syringe Exchange Programs is at Risk
by Jorge Rivas on December 16 2011, 9:26AM
Some member of congress want to eliminate federal funding for needle exchange programs that have been proven to reduce HIV transmission.
13 Arrested at Wall Street Protest for World AIDS Day
by Jorge Rivas on December 1 2011, 4:57PM
As the White House announced new money for domestic HIV/AIDS treatment, protestors took to the streets of New York City to link tax cuts for the rich to poor health care for people living with HIV.
Topics: HIV/AIDS at 30
50 Percent of People Eligible for HIV Drug Therapy Now Have Access
by Jorge Rivas on November 21 2011, 11:52AM
A new report by the Joint United Nations says we’ve begun to finally tackle the epidemic.
Topics: Health
20 Years Ago Today, Magic Johnson Made HIV Not Just a White Gay Male Disease
by Jorge Rivas on November 7 2011, 12:40PM
Magic Johnson announced he was HIV-positive twenty years ago today. He did more for HIV/AIDS awareness than former President Ronald Reagan.
Topics: Arts & Culture
The Game Wants Gay Rappers to Come Out, But Spreads Downlow Myth
by Jorge Rivas on September 14 2011, 3:01PM
Two-time Grammy Awards nominee rapper Game is being praised for openly accepting gays but in the process he’s telling myths about men in the “down low” spreading HIV.
Topics: Arts & Culture, Media
In the Fight Against HIV, a Breakthrough for Women of Color
by Akiba Solomon on July 15 2011, 1:49PM
Two new studies involving heterosexual women and men reveal that taking a daily dose of HIV meds can decrease infection risk by well over 50 percent. That’s a “yay” for women of color who bear the brunt of the global pandemic.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, HIV/AIDS, Health
AIDS Researchers Eye Flurry of Promising Vaccine Developments
by Rod McCullom on May 26 2011, 9:42AM
Recent weeks have witnessed a series of striking advancements in developing a vaccine for the 30-year-old epidemic that’s ravaging black neighborhoods.
Equal Access to HIV Treatment Could Finally Slow the Black Epidemic
by Rod McCullom on May 19 2011, 10:27AM
A new study finally proves “treatment as prevention” remarkably slows HIV’s spread. But huge numbers of black people living with HIV don’t know they are positive and aren’t in treatment.
Advocates Pick Apart Will.I.Am’s Pathetic View on Women and Condoms
by Jamilah King on May 4 2011, 10:45AM
Kelle Terrell at The Body calls the rapper out for his terribly misguided approach to sexual health.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
How Microbicides Could Forever Change HIV for Black Women
by Akiba Solomon on February 10 2011, 12:04PM
By 2014, scientists may have given women the tool to truly change the HIV epidemic’s trajectory.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, HIV/AIDS, Health
Global AIDS Watchdogs Worry U.S. Neglecting Its Leadership Role
by Michelle Chen on January 28 2011, 10:07AM
Obama’s strategy is to fight HIV comprehensively, but some say that’s camouflage for neglect.
Topics: Global Justice, HIV/AIDS at 30, Health
Black AIDS Activist: ‘Our House is On Fire’
by Jamilah King on January 18 2011, 11:54AM
Three decades into the AIDS epidemic, CNN’s Anderson Cooper spotlights its crippling effects to the black community.
Topics: Health
The AIDS Epidemic Has Always Been Defined by What We Don’t Know
by Eric Washington on December 1 2010, 9:36AM
On World AIDS Day, three black Americans look back on decades of misunderstanding about HIV.
Topics: HIV/AIDS at 30, Health
HIV Prevention Breakthrough Electrifies Movement to End Epidemic
by Linda Villarosa on November 24 2010, 3:15PM
Scientists and advocates alike are abuzz about a study showing a pill-a-day regimen’s success in blocking transmission.
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