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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 Atlanta. Paradigm Shift Summit 2.0: Black Women Confronting HIV, Health and Social Justice is a two-day event taking place Feb. 6-7, from 8 a.m. to…

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 fortunate. Interscope Records’ rap wunderkind K Camp is no different, and he has been giving for many moons in his hometown of Atlanta. What is…

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 ignore the overwhelming surge of emotions that came with being there. If not for one individual honoree, it may have been just another spectacular performance, but…

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 have resources to take advantage of PrEP, a drug that helps to prevent high-risk. The study reveals the drug was used by 42 percent of…

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 introduced to the works of novelist James Baldwin, filmmaker Marlon Riggs and poet Essex Hemphill. Falling in love with their passion, persistence and use of…

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 prevention and treatment services, as well as mental health care to the city of Atlanta. In 2016 Roebuck-Warner was recognized as one of Atlanta’s Top…

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 its name to Morehouse Healthcare. With more than 100 full-time practicing physicians who also serve on the clinical faculty at the prestigious Morehouse School of…

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 sexual health. He recently sat down with rolling out to have a candid conversation about HIV and its impact on the Black community. How often should…

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 commemorate those who have died from HIV-or AIDS-related illnesses. In recognition of World AIDS Day, rolling out reached out to leaders in our community to…

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 disease — also known as American trypanosomiasis — is a potentially life-threatening illness spread by insects known as triatomine bugs. Also known as kissing bugs,…

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 report is released. For example, it has been reported that overall new HIV infection rates seem to be dropping in some major cities. This drop…

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 frequent hospitalizations and regimes of antibiotics, he had seen his share of hardships. But this time something was different. The doctor told her family now…

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 her legs. She went to the hospital and was told the terrible news that she was now HIV-positive and had developed AIDS. But despite this…

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 US cities; here are five: New York Prevalence Number of people living with diagnosed HIV in 2015: 108,648 72 percent of people living with diagnosed…

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 were approximately 108,648 people living with HIV that year. Now officials at the New York City Department of Health are stating that there were 2,279 new…

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 that many are hailing as a milestone for those suffering from the disease and those in fear of contracting the illness from their sex partners.…

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 22 agencies that IMHC funds to address all things policy, advocacy and related on the federal, county and municipal levels. This also includes oversight of…

During a matter-of-fact conversation, rapper Lil Webbie tells rolling out report Jeffery Lewis about an alleged confession from a girl he once dated. Was it a scare tactic?

A Toledo, Ohio man was in court this week facing charges that he committed murder, not with a weapon, but with the deadly virus HIV/AIDS. Ronald Murdock, 51, was in a five-year relationship with Kimberly Klempner, 51, during which she contracted HIV and then AIDS. Klempner learned that Murdock was the person who infected her…

In 2013, a college wrestler named Michael Johnson became what has been called by some the scapegoat of HIV infection. Johnson was a student at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri and was quite popular on campus and in the majority White town. Friends knew him by the nickname Tiger Mandingo, a name he used…