All posts tagged "black aids institute"

COMMENTARY: Ending HIV will only happen if Black America leads

ATLANTA VOICE — In 2011, Science Magazine’s “Breakthrough of the Year” was the discovery that antiretroviral drugs were a game-changer in HIV prevention. The development of...

Max Robinson Center Continues to Tackle D.C.’s AIDS Epidemic

WASHINGTON INFORMER — In Washington, D.C., the rate of newly diagnosed cases of HIV has seen a downward trend over the past 10 years, but the...

Taraji P. Henson: Fighting the Good Fight for What Is Right

Black AIDS Institute Launches “30 Days of HIV” Campaign

By Black AIDS Institute Staffers The Black AIDS Institute, the nation’s only think tank focused on the impact of HIV upon Black communities, has announced a...

Black AIDS Institute Honors Lee Daniels on World AIDS Day

By BAI Staffers (Black AIDS Institute) The Black AIDS Institute’s Heroes in the Struggle Gala and Award Celebration honors, in a star-studded event and photographic tribute,...

PRESS ROOM: Lee Daniels to Be Honored and Jussie Smollett to Host Heroes In The Struggle Gala Reception and Award Presentation

Lee Daniels to Be Honored and Jussie Smollett to Host Heroes In The Struggle Gala Reception and Award Presentation to benefit the Black AIDS Institute FOR...

21st International AIDS Conference Commences on “Mandela Day”

By Linda Villarosa (BAI Contributing Writer) It was entirely fitting that the 21st International AIDS Conference kicked off yesterday in Durban, South Africa, on “Mandela Day,”...

Phill Wilson: Still Answering the Black AIDS Call at 60 Years-old

By Karen Ocamb (Black AIDS Institute) The first cases of what became HIV/AIDS hit the news on June 5, 1981. Soon, Phill Wilson, then just 25,...

Morgan State University Hosts Health and Hip Hop Conference

By Freddie Allen NNPA News Wire In an effort to increase awareness about HIV/AIDS among young Black men, a group disproportionately impacted by the epidemic, health-care...

The Struggle Against AIDS Loses a Hero

By Phill Wilson NNPA Columnist The world lost a hero, the AIDS community lost a leader, the Black AIDS community lost a giant and many of...

Straight Black Men Sidelined in AIDS Fight

By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent NEWS ANALYSIS WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Heterosexual Black men were largely invisible at the 2015 United States Conference on AIDS...

‘Empire’ Star Jussie Smollett Still a Social Activist

By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Before he was Jamal Lyon, the sensitive, talented gay son of drug dealer-turned-music mogul on the...

Non-Medical HIV Worker Flunk Test on Knowledge of Virus

By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Most non-medical HIV health care workers earned a “D” when surveyed on the science and treatment...

Reducing the Risk of HIV by 90 Percent

By Phill Wilson NNPA Columnist   This Friday, February 7h, is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD). It’s an opportunity for the nation to take a...