Did You Just Test Positive for HIV?
Getting an HIV diagnosis can feel like the worst news in the world. It is common to feel anger, fear, confusion, shock, grief, depression or...
Category : HIV/AIDS
Owning HIV: Myths and High-Risk Sexual Behaviors Continue Among Young Adults
Owning HIV, a new campaign designed to combat results from a survey of beliefs and perceptions about HIV among young adults in the United States,...
7 HIV/AIDS Myths We Need to Stop Believing
It’s the perfect time to unlearn the nonsense and put the conspiracy theories to rest. I try to live my life by the saying “knowledge...
There Aren’t Enough Doctors to Treat HIV in the South
When his HIV specialist left Selma, Larry wondered where he would get care next. He already drove an hour from his small Alabama town to...
More Black Women Should Join the Journey to PrEP
It’s Friday night. You walk by a beautiful, tall, dark and handsome man. He says hello; you say hello back. The next thing you know,...
Are You Making These 8 HIV Treatment Mistakes?
Recent advances in HIV treatment further solidify the virus is no longer an automatic death sentence, but a manageable, chronic disease. Still, there can be...
Is Your City an HIV Hot Spot?
We’re more than three decades into the AIDS epidemic, and though an HIV diagnosis is no longer seen as a death sentence, the disease is...
Most New HIV Infections Linked to People Not in Care
Most people with new HIV infections in this county don’t know their status or are aware they’re infected but aren’t being treated. Researchers at the...
We Asked 10 College Women About Their HIV Status. Here’s What We Found Out
By Kiersten Pace & LaTroya Hester, NAATPN Women and girls deserve the knowledge and power they need to live their best lives—and we’re not going...
Helping to Stop the HIV Virus in South Carolina
Ed Duda, the executive liaison for Gilead Sciences, had the pleasure of sharing his outlook on tackling health issues that plague different communities at the...
