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*The medical world may have made the most important discovery of the 21st century. Two and a half years ago, a baby was born with the HIV virus and Dr. Hanna Gay, a pediatric HIV specialist at the University of Mississippi, was vigilant in treating the baby. She took a bold and risky step by [...]
*Normally, we take it for granted that hospitals are a safe haven for a person to go and receive quality treatment for both deadly and non-fatal illnesses. But, that’s not always the case…as some of us know too well. The Buffalo Veterans Administration Center may have exposed over 700 patients to HIV, Hepatitis B, or [...]
*Let’s all be brutally honest here. Magic Johnson never looked sick in all the years he’s been on camera. He claims he’s not on any special, magical, rich man’s drug to suppress or completely eliminate his HIV, but it’s hard to believe he’s still got the virus, right? For the non-believers, he addressed the issue [...]
*The sick individuals in the world are on the rise this week. Women can’t walk the streets in the day or in the night for fear of an attack. One woman was beaten nearly unrecognizable in Philadelphia a couple weeks ago. He is still at large and Philadelphia police are offering a $10,000 reward for [...]
*It seems that having HIV/AIDS nowadays is no less taboo these days than it was when it started gaining worldwide attention in the 1980s. Some have no idea that it isn’t as easily contracted as they think, especially with all the new drugs that are available to treat and prevent the virus. And in most [...]
*The teenage population of every generation is accused of the most irresponsible behavior. Once Rock & Roll hit the scene, parents felt it was the gateway to hell. Then came the sex and drugs associated with the music and we never recuperated once crack touched down. But along with the drug abuse, the sexual encounters [...]
*As the pastor of a mostly African-American Baptist church near Houston, Timothy W. Sloan has known for years that he needed to talk about HIV and AIDS with his congregation, says the Grio. He worried the 3,000 parishioners at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church in Humble, Texas, could be offended and leave the church or [...]
*There are numerous skeptics that believe Earvin “Magic” Johnson was never infected with the HIV virus. But, it is probably more accurate that, with his level of wealth, he could afford to keep himself symptom-free with the newest medications. But now there may be a new drug on the horizon that will prevent people from [...]
*The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first over-the-counter HIV test, allowing Americans to test themselves for the virus that causes AIDS in the privacy of their homes. The OraQuick test from Orasure is designed to detect the presence of HIV using a mouth swab within 20 minutes. Government officials estimate one-fifth, or about [...]
*For a while now, I am sure there have people have been wondering, what the hell is wrong with Jasmyne? Or where is Jasmyne? Why isn’t Jasmyne speaking on this issue or that issue? For a time, I wondered the same thing. So, I am going to try my best to tell you a story. [...]
*May has been a huge success for the fight against HIV/AIDS and bringing awareness to the issue. On May 10, a panel of federal advisers gave the green light to market the first drug shown to prevent HIV infection and five days later, approval was granted for the first over-the-counter HIV test. And last Sunday, [...]
*The National Enquirer is reporting that Mariah Carey’s estranged sister is battling cancer. Alison Carey Scott, a convicted prostitute, has seen her health seriously deteriorate in recent years after she was diagnosed with HIV, and now doctors have discovered she is also suffering from liver cancer. A National Enquirer reporter recently met with Scott, 50, [...]
*(Via IHT) – Between heavy lunches and poolside cocktails, the doctors and health experts who gathered at a fancy hotel here early this month to talk about reproductive health often brought up cultural taboos. Cultural taboos that hinder open discussion of H.I.V., cultural taboos that prevent the availability of contraceptives, cultural taboos that make abortions [...]
*The world is full of decent people who have contracted HIV/AIDS from someone or something accidentally. But then, you have the nasty people of the world who intentionally spread it as a sense of revenge. Others that are spreading it are too embarrassed or ashamed to tell their partners they have it because of today’s stigma…which was [...]
*Alicia Keys is hoping to educate fans on the plight of HIV and AIDS in South Africa through a new documentary. “Keep a Child Alive with Alicia Keys,” set to debut Dec. 1 (World AIDS Day) at 9 p.m. on Showtime, shows the singer touring sites in Johannesburg and Durban to show how her health [...]
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