Statistics from the CDC indicate that in the last ten years, "from 2005 to 2014, the number of new HIV diagnoses among African American gay and bisexual men increased 22%. But that number stabilized in recent years, increasing less than 1% between 2010 and 2014."
Marion ‘Suge’ Knight, former CEO of Death Row Records, is under fire again as attention is redirected towards a HIV/AIDS joke he made over a decade ago about N.W.A…
Just a year after being charged with criminal exposure to HIV for knowingly infecting women, Memphis pastor Rodney Carr, was seen on a popular black…
HIV/AIDS is no respecter of race, class or celebrity status. People of African descent know this better than anyone. Black people worldwide are disproportionately affected…
WASHINGTON — AIDS is graying. By the end of the decade, the government estimates, more than half of Americans living with HIV will be over…
President Obama pledged to help 6 million people in countries hardest hit by HIV, by helping to provide greater access to antiretroviral drugs by the end of 2013 during a World AIDS Day event in Washington, The Daily Beast reports. RELATED: AIDS DAY Powerfully Personal for Larger-Than-Life Alvin Ailey During his remarks, Obama stressed that […]
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 […]
http://hellobeautiful.com/lifestyle/charisselambert/the-magic-effect-20-years-after-magic-johnsons-hiv-announcement/ Where were you on November 7, 1991? It was the fall semester of my 10th grade year in high school and that particular day was going along with business as usual. School was over for the day and I remember being in the locker room getting dressed after another varsity basketball team […]
Hormonal contraception may increase the chances of transmitting HIV between sex partners, according to a new study conducted in Africa. Researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle conducted a study on 3,790 women in Kenya, Botswana, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. They found that the women using hormonal contraceptives were twice as […]
The “Her” in HIV Written by Tamika Mallory on June 24, 2011 10:56 am Click for More Recently, I was asked to promote National HIV Testing Day (June 27th) and I came across the most recent startling statistics regarding Black women. So of course, I got to thinking… Why are our numbers continuously rising […]
Andre Davis, also known by his pro wrestling aliases “Gangsta of Love” and “Sweet Sexy Sensation” is facing charges in Warren County and Hamilton County for not disclosing his HIV status to sexual partners. According to authorities, there are at least 16 women whom Davis put at risk. Davis has known of his HIV status […]
TV One’s Director of Digital Media, James Hill joins Roland Martin on the set of Washington Watch for this week’s edition of ‘Web Watch.’ This week Roland and Hill take on the alleged HIV-AIDS breakthrough, Michael Vick wanting to eventually own another dog and Usher getting kicked in the face during a performance. WATCH: