With Proposition 8 having been overturned recently, black America is going through a change in perspective. From the spyglass of your average pop-culture junkie literati…
Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and most people are not aware of the HIV/AIDS cases on black college campuses in the south. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released a study in 2012, HIV/AIDS is growing extremely rapidly and particularly among black people. The study shows a rise of incidents in black gay men at […]
Twenty years after being diagnosed HIV positive, NBA Star Magic Johnson is looking healthy and continuing his efforts to spread awareness about HIV and AIDS. Now, he’s calling on his friends in the hip hop community to educate their fans about another misunderstood topic: homosexuality. “What we’re trying to do is reach out to the […]
Miss Community Clovia talks with Richmond residents about their status and getting tested on World AIDS Day at RVA Remembers 2011. Do your part to become active, get involved and help spread awareness of HIV/AIDS. By getting tested today, you’ll rest assured that you know your status. Do the right thing! It starts with you […]
The Fan Free Clinic’s community case manager Rodney Lofton discusses HIV/AIDS services and resources available with Miss Community Clovia on World AIDS Day at RVA Remembers 2011. Do your part to become active, get involved and help spread awareness of HIV/AIDS. Visit the Fan Free Clinic online via the links provided below. By getting tested […]
Meet John, a local Richmond resident who shares his journey of life with Miss Community Clovia on World AIDS Day at RVA Remembers 2011. Do your part to become active, get involved and help spread awareness of HIV/AIDS. By getting tested today, you’ll rest assured that you know your status. Do the right thing! It […]
Singer Alicia Keys talked about being pregnant and empathetic when filming her documentary about AIDS in Africa. Rock Band U2’s lead singer and fellow AIDS Activist Bono said that Keys has “lioness energy” and that her role as a new mother won’t allow her to “let other mothers suffer.” He made the comments at the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials said Thursday they are recommending that any person living with HIV be offered AIDS drugs as soon as they are diagnosed with the virus, an aggressive move that has been shown to prolong life and stem the spread of the disease. Standard practice has been to have patients put […]
World AIDS Day is this Thursday, December 1, 2011. Did you know that more than one million Americans are living with HIV? In Virginia, 23,000 people are living with HIV. This year marked the 30th anniversary of the first AIDS diagnosis in June of 1981. RVA Remembers 2011 will showcase a huge event this Thursday […]
At least 75% of babies born to HIV positive mothers will test HIV negative without medical intervention. Studies have shown that for properly nourished HIV positive expectant mothers receiving regular prenatal care, over 90% of their children test negative with no drug therapy.What happens when your child tests positive for HIV? UN Launches New AIDS […]
An estimated 6.6 million people in low- and middle-income countries were receiving anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for HIV/AIDS at the end of 2010, according to the WHO(World Health Organization). Of this, an estimated 420 000–460 000 were children. This progress represents the largest ever annual increase in the number of people accessing HIV treatment–1.4 million more […]
The department of health in Massachusetts has announced that HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death for African-American women in the state. It was also found that more than half of all AIDS cases there consist of black women specifically — most of whom became infected by their intimate partners. Dr. Bela Bashar, a clinical […]
