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...
[THE NEW YORK TIMES] Drug-injecting addicts who took a daily antiretroviral pill were half as likely to become infected with H.I.V. as those who did not,...
[REUTERS] The remarkable case of a baby being cured of HIV infection in the United States using readily available drugs has raised new hope for eradicating...
[San Francisco Gate] Leor Weinberger calls it hijacking the hijacker. In his lab at the Gladstone Institutes, he’s developed a technique for harnessing stray bits of HIV – a virus...
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...
By IMANI EVANS Special to the NNPA from The Dallas Examiner The 2012 International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., can be a bewildering experience for a...
[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...
