The big drop in new HIV infections in Africa calls for celebration. However, advocacy groups are warning that it is too soon to proclaim total victory. Africa Renewal Online reports on the fight to defeat the AIDS pandemic and highlights the hurdles on the way. Africa is pulling out all the stops in its race [...]
Rate of New HIV Infections Among African-American Woman Declines
December 21, 2012 | Posted by
A new report from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention states that the rate of HIV infection among African-America women has decreased, but still remain the most likely race to be affected by the virus among women. The study said that though blacks make up 70 percent of new HIV cases among women, the [...]
CDC Grant Allows Georgia to Expand HIV Testing Efforts
December 1, 2012 | Posted by
He is at peace, now. Rashad Santiago, 25, is always telling people to get tested for HIV. He works in a pharmacy in the West End of Atlanta. He counsels those who test negative to get tested again in six months. He provides life-saving medicines to people who test positive. But Rashad Santiago’s secret was [...]
CDC: Risky Sexual Behavior Among Black Youth Declines
July 25, 2012 | Posted by
While HIV remains a major threat to sexually active teens across America, recent studies show a drastic decline in sexually risky behavior among black teens. According to The National Youth Risk Behavior Survey released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, the percentage of black high school students that said they had [...]
Timothy Ray Brown Cured of AIDS by Bone Marrow Transplant
July 25, 2012 | Posted by
Magic Johnson “looks” healthy, but he is not cured of HIV. He still takes meds and must use protection for sex with his wife. Timothy Ray Brown is cured. No meds. No condoms needed to protect him from spreading HIV, just from getting it…again. Timothy Ray Brown, who stopped showing signs of HIV after being given [...]
As AIDS Conference Starts in Washington, There’s Now Talk of Cure
July 22, 2012 | Posted by
As the International AIDS Conference comes back to the United States for the first time in 22 years, researchers and activists may be looking at the possibility of HIV/AIDS being eradicated in our lifetimes. This dastardly disease that hides in the body’s cells and spreads in blood, breast milk and sperm and that has killed [...]
NAACP Develops Manual to Help Churches Talk about HIV
July 22, 2012 | Posted by
The NAACP has developed a manual for black churches and pastors to use to speak to their congregations about the scourge of HIV and AIDS in the black community. Presented at the recent NAACP convention in Houston, the guide is intended to help black churches play a role in combating the growth of the disease. [...]
FDA May Support HIV Prevention Drug for the First Time
May 9, 2012 | Posted by
A Gilead Sciences HIV drug may be the first to gain the support of the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA). On Tuesday the FDA seemed to take an interest in the HIV prevention drug, which may prevent healthy users of the medication from getting the virus from their partners. The HIV prevention drug, called [...]
