Is there really an HIV cure, now that a baby has been successfully treated? U.S. researchers have reported that a Mississippi baby girl born with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has been cured. The child was born to a mother who had tested positive for HIV only after the child was born – meaning […]
Many intimate encounters begin with some simple questions. “Tell me what your interests are, who you be wit,” as the late Notorious B.I.G once…
Just like sodas and potato chips, Philadelphia high school students will soon be able to access condoms through a dispenser. Over 22 schools are implementing the machines hoping to curb an epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases among teens as young as 14. The clear plastic dispensers will be placed in nurses offices where experts say […]
Jeff Johnson talks with the TJMS about how AIDS impacts the black community.
The National Female Condom Coalition and Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. are launching an effort on World AIDS Day, Saturday, Dec. 1, to help change the course of HIV/AIDS and help black women, who account for approximately 90 percent of all new HIV infections in the District, take charge of their health. Nationally, HIV/AIDS […]
Researchers have identified a mysterious new disease that has left scores of people in Asia and some in the United States with AIDS-like symptoms even though they are not infected with HIV. The patients' immune systems become damaged, leaving them unable to fend off germs as healthy people do. What triggers this isn't known, but […]
Danny Glover celebrates each birthday at a place of social significance. For his 66th birthday, he was in Washington, D.C., for the 19th International AIDS Conference, where the prevailing sentiment was that the epidemic’s end is in sight. “We need to be part of the dialogue,” said Glover, who watched a close friend with AIDS […]
Roland Martin talks with Dr. Barbara Lee about the Bill Providing Policy and Financing Framework to Achieve an AIDS Free Generation.
WASHINGTON (AP) — More high school students are using condoms, but new government research released Tuesday shows the nation still has a long way to go to protect young people from the AIDS virus. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracked how teen sexual behavior has changed over 20 years. They found […]
This week, the United States is hosting the 19th International AIDS Conference. As we welcome 22,000 leaders, advocates and experts from around the world with the goal of ending HIV/AIDS, I thought it was important not to forget those living with HIV/AIDS here in our home town. Among the 1.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers, doctors and patients attending the world's largest AIDS conference are urging the world's governments not to cut back on the fight against the epidemic when it is at a turning point. There is no cure or vaccine yet, but scientists say they have the tools to finally stem the spread of […]
