MILWAUKEE COURIER — According to the Centers for Disease Control, overall, new cases of HIV have decreased among the African American population.
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...
(The Washington Post) – In announcing the good news from the latest global HIV/AIDS report that the virus is being beaten back more quickly than expected, United...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Researchers are reporting another disappointment for efforts to cure infection with the AIDS virus. Six patients given blood-cell transplants similar...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In an ongoing effort to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic physicians, healthcare workers and human rights...
(Medical News Today) – Reporting their findings in the journal Science, the international team, led by researchers at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, say because of...
(The Body) – A new study suggests that many African Americans may not be getting effective doses of the HIV drug Selzentry (also known as Celsentri or maraviroc)....
(The Washington Post) – More than 80 percent of women diagnosed with HIV contract the virus through heterosexual sex. A condom provides the best protection against HIV — but...
By Linda Villarosa Special to the NNPA from The Black AIDS Institute MELBOURNE, Australia – Is the glass half empty – or half full? That was...
(The Philadelphia Inquirer) Temple University researchers have used state-of-the-art molecular scissors to cut out dormant HIV hiding in human cells, fueling hopes for curing –...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer A Mississippi girl born with the AIDS virus and in remission for more than two years despite stopping treatment now...
KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Two health organizations filed a complaint with federal health officials Thursday alleging some Florida insurance companies are...
(IOL News) – Religious activists, students and colleagues gathered outside Jamaica’s biggest university on Monday to protest the firing of an HIV expert who testified on...
(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...
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 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...
