HIV

D.J. Misses gives you the latest on President Joe Biden and talks about the details on the 5th person cured of HIV. #trendingonthetimeline #joebiden #HIV

A 66-year-old man living with HIV since 1988, in addition to also having cancer, was virtually cured of both following stem cell transplants.

Following DaBaby’s now-infamous Rolling Loud backlash online, he decided to meet with HIV/AIDS organizations to become better educated on the topics. However, several of those orgs revealed that he never made a financial contribution to them.

Five-time NBA champion Magic Johnson spoke candidly with Gayle King for 'CBS Mornings' about his unforgettable HIV diagnosis revelation on November 7, 1991 and how telling his wife, Cookie Johnson, ended up being the hardest part of the whole ordeal. 

A Brazilian man infected with the AIDS virus has shown no sign of it for more than a year since he stopped HIV medicines after an intense experimental drug therapy aimed at purging hidden, dormant virus from his body, doctors reported Tuesday. The case needs independent verification and it’s way too soon to speculate about […]

John Conner III, 30, a Tennessee dance teacher who appeared on the reality TV show “Bring It” has been sentenced to nine months in prison for raping a teenage student and exposing him to HIV. According to the Washington Post, he must also serve four years of probation upon his release from prison, and register […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A scathing new report reveals that dozens of HIV-positive women were forced or coerced into sterilization after giving birth at public hospitals in South Africa. The Commission for Gender Equality’s report this week says it investigated complaints by at least 48 women of “cruel, torturous or inhumane and degrading treatment” at the […]

World AIDS Day is Sunday Dec. 1. Bishop Oliver Clyde Allen III serves on Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms LGBT Advisory Board; and is the Southern Region Vice Chair officer of the DNC LGBTQ Caucus Advisory Board. He is an advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness. At the end of 2018 there were approximately 37.9 million people living […]

Mailing free home HIV tests to high-risk men offers a potentially better strategy for detecting infections than usual care. That’s according to a U.S. government study that resulted in many more infections found — including among friends with whom recipients shared extra kits. The yearlong experiment recruited 2,600 men from online social network and music […]

According to reports, after nearly 20 years, a new strain of HIV has been detected. CNN reports The strain is a part of the Group M version of HIV-1, which is in the same family of the stain that is the cause of the HIV Epidemic. Abbott Laboratories conducted the research along with the University of […]

Scientists are one step closer to finding a cure for HIV! They have reportedly found a “kill switch” that stops infected cells from reproducing. Scientists have reportedly come across a specific molecule that clears out  the “HIV reservoir.” They have reportedly been working to find the cure for about 30 years!

A Georgia woman is in hot water after authorities say a ploy to get even with all the men she felt had done her wrong apparently went too far. According to the Washington Post, Brandi Yakeima Lasiter decided to take revenge on lovers who had left her brokenhearted by posting to social media that she […]