Posts Tagged ‘AIDS’
Southern AIDS Coalition’s Dafina Ward warns: HIV is still here
With the pandemic still taking lives and ravaging our health care system, we still must bring attention to the HIV epidemic, another health crisis still affecting our communities. Rolling out…
Read MoreDr. Shanell McGoy leads Gilead’s $100M campaign to eradicate HIV/AIDS
Battling on the front lines against the growing HIV and AIDS epidemic has been extra challenging in this precarious era due to palpable apathy and America’s diverted attention to other…
Read MoreBlack AIDS Institute’s Raniyah Copeland discusses race, HIV and COVID-19
Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, marks National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, which is more urgent this year because there is another pandemic to face. The racial inequities that drive HIV disparities among…
Read MoreParadigm Shift Summit addressing women’s health on Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
In recognition of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Feb. 7, 2020, a summit focusing on the continuing impact of HIV and AIDS on Black women is being held in…
Read MoreK Camp’s storied history of giving back continues on World AIDS Day
The majority of gift-giving spirits in the know have no deep-seated desire to share their philanthropic efforts by shouting from the mountaintop that they are, in fact, helping the less…
Read MoreDeborah Cox lends her voice to fight for HIV cure on World AIDS Day in Atlanta
Fresh off a flight from performing at the National Council of Negro Women’s Uncommon Height Gala in the nation’s capital, Deborah Cox is in the holiday spirit. She just can’t…
Read MoreWhy Whites are more likely to receive HIV prevention drugs than Blacks
HIV prevention continues to be drawn among racial lines. According to a recently released study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Blacks are less likely than Whites to…
Read MoreLarry Scott-Walker supports gay Black men through THRIVE
Larry Scott-Walker is the executive director and co-founder of Transforming HIV Resentments into Victories Everlasting Support Services Inc. Shortly after coming to grips with his sexual orientation, the Baltimore native was…
Read MoreNicole Roebuck-Warner provides support and care for the HIV/AIDS community
Nicole Roebuck-Warner is the executive director of AID Atlanta one of the largest AIDS service organization in the Southeast region. For almost 19 years Warner has helped provide comprehensive HIV/AIDS…
Read MoreMorehouse Healthcare creates better outcomes for underserved communities
Morehouse Healthcare in Atlanta is a multi-specialty medical practice and one of Georgia’s premier primary care facilities. Founded in 1985, it began as Morehouse Medical Associates Inc. but later changed…
Read MoreEdwin Blount-Worthington uses facts to dispel myths about HIV
As a research coordinator and community health educator at Emory Ponce Clinical Research Site in Atlanta, Edwin Blount-Worthington always makes it his priority to bring awareness to HIV prevention and…
Read MoreWorld AIDS Day: Black professionals stress education, prevention and safe sex
December 1 is World AIDS Day, a day created to promote unity in the fight against HIV and AIDS, give support to those living with the HIV and AIDS, and…
Read MoreWarning issued as Chagas, disease spread by ‘kissing bug,’ spreads in U.S.
Almost two years after rolling out first told readers about a deadly disease spread by an insect, public health officials are declaring that the problem has gotten worse. The Chagas…
Read MoreFrom the high-risk bisexual to straight Black women, HIV rates rise
The story of the battle against HIV and STDs is a complex one that includes dynamics of race, economics, and behavior whose progress seems to change every time a major public health…
Read MoreZina Age and Aniz Inc.: Fighting the secrecy, shame and guilt of HIV
Zina Age was worried back in 2003 because her 12-year-old godchild was back in the doctor’s office sick again. He had been a sickly child since he was born; with…
Read MoreNicole Buffong lives with HIV and medicates with marijuana (video)
Like many Black millennials, Nicole Buffong is intelligent and driven. But her life within the past 12 months was turned upside down when she developed a rash and swelling in…
Read More5 HIV snapshots of major cities on World AIDS Day
Today is World AIDS Day and a time to become educated and aware of the prevalence of the disease. The non-profit AIDSVu posted these interesting snapshots of HIV/AIDS in major…
Read MoreEpidemic over? Medication use drops New York HIV diagnoses to low levels
New York City has been on the vanguard of HIV prevention and education for the past several decades. In 2015, the number of new HIV diagnoses was 2,493 and there…
Read MoreCDC announces people on HIV drugs can’t transmit virus
For more than 40 years, HIV/AIDS has been an epidemic not only in America but throughout the world. But now the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has made an announcement…
Read MoreTony Gillespie says Americans need to get involved with new health care plan
Tony Gillespie is now the VP of Public Policy and Engagement at the Indiana Minority Health Coalition (IMHC) and his area of responsibility is “working with elected officials and the…
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