(New York Times) – OTIMATI, South Africa — While around the world a vast majority of AIDS victims are men, Africa has long been the glaring exception: Nearly 60...
DAVID McFADDEN, Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A handful of sex workers sit on discarded cardboard along a filthy sewer channel, sharing food and razors...
[Medical News Today] National Cancer Institute researchers have discovered a new class of protein found in sea coral that appears able to prevent HIV from entering...
[Time] Half of all Americans believe in that, or one of five other medical conspiracy theories. About half of the grownup population in the U.S. believes...
[New York Times] The first confirmed case of lesbian transmission of H.I.V. was reported on Thursday by federal health officials, who said the event was exceedingly...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Exciting research suggests that a shot every one to three months may someday give an alternative to the daily pills...
RODNEY MUHUMUZA, Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s government has been hit with substantial aid cuts after the president enacted a severe anti-gay measure over...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Even though Blacks get tested for HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), the virus that causes AIDS more than...
[AllAfrica] A new anti-gay law signed on Monday by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan risks hindering progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, UNAIDS and the...
Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Rae Lewis Thornton likes to sneak in a tranquil tea time...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In 1992, Beverly Becton, addicted to drugs and suffering from pneumonia, began to scream as she sat...
[NDTV.com] Geneva: The number of adolescents infected by the HIV virus has jumped by one third over the past decade, the United Nation’s health agency said on...
by RODNEY MUHUMUZA, Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s president tested for HIV in public on Friday to encourage millions of untested people to check...
By Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Although Black and Latina youth represent only 35 percent of all U.S. teenagers, they accounted for 84.4...
[BET] When it comes to news about HIV/AIDS in the African-American community, oftentimes it isn’t encouraging. But some recent data released at the International AIDS Conference by the Centers for Disease Control...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a new national campaign Monday to remove the stigma...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – If Black voter turnout reverts to the level it was before Barack Obama was elected president of...
by James Wright Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Courtesy Photo Churches in the District of Columbia now recognize the best way to combat...
