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Recent study shows HIV intervention programs may be effective  NJTV News

Rutgers epidemiologist Henry Raymond’s research shows new infection rates of HIV have stabilized in the population of transwomen, suggesting that …

African-American women with HIV often overlooked, under-supported  Danbury News Times

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Thurka S […]

Advocates push for Black women to be informed about PrEP  The Philadelphia Tribune

HIV and AIDS awareness advocates are pushing to educate more people in Philadelphia — especially Black women — about the HIV p […]

HIV Partner Service Delivery Among US Blacks  Medscape

Are African American sexual or needle-sharing partners of HIV-infected persons receiving adequate testing for HIV infection and linkage to care in the US?

Why Men In Mississippi Are Still Dying Of AIDS, Despite Existing Treatments  NPR

President Trump has pledged to eliminate HIV in America by 2030. But in the South, rates of HIV/AIDS among black gay and bisexual m […]

Effective Partner Services Can Reduce HIV Burden in African Americans  Specialty Pharmacy Times

African Americans are disproportionately affected by HIV infection in the United States.

Reducing The Stigma Of HIV/AIDS Among African Americans  WVXU

In 2016, African Americans accounted for 44% of HIV diagnoses, despite making up just 12% of the U.S. population. There is still a major stigma around the.

Eradicating HIV in Black Communities Requires Systemic Change  Rewire.News

If left unacknowledged, persistent racial and gender disparities in HIV transmission and treatment will continue to thwart any effort t […]

Innovative HIV prevention projects reached 170000 people in 2018  GOV.UK

Projects working towards preventing HIV across England, which were funded by the Public Health England ( PHE ) HIV Innovation Fund, reached around …

South African paramilitary unit plotted to infect black population with Aids, former member claims  The Independent

A shadowy Apartheid-era South African paramilitary unit plotted to infect the continent’s b […]

5 Ways To Flip The Script on HIV  HivPlusMag.com

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2017 HIV Surveillance Report, African-Americans represent 41 percent of new HIV diagnoses yet …

Prep: The battle to access ‘game-changing’ HIV drug  BBC News

A “game-changing” drug in the fight against HIV reduces the risk of acquiring the condition. But those at high risk of contracting the virus have s […]

Faith-Based HIV Program Launches in Tennessee for Blacks and Latinos  POZ

The Cempa Talks initiative is based in Chattanooga, where more than 55 percent of people living with HIV are African American.

AIDS 2016 Satellite Session Online…

Moving for Silos to Solidarity, GNBPH’s AIDS 2016 breakfast satellite session held Thursday July 21, 2016 in Durban, South African is available online. The historic sat […]

TheBody.com

Beyond Tuskegee: A Case for a Racial Justice Agenda in Treatment and Research
TheBody.com
Given the recency of the syphilis study in its chronological proximity to the discovery of […]

Moving from Silos to Solidarity
AIDS 2016: Breakfast Satellite Session
Thursday, July 21, 2016  ♦  0700h-0830h
Durban International Conference Center  ♦  Session Rm 7
Durban 4001, South Africa […]

Bay Area Reporter

Dolutegravir safe and highly effective in older children
aidsmap
The median age of the children was 10 years (IQR: 8-11) with a median weight of 30 kg (IQR: 18-54). The majority […]

Scientific American

Why Ebola Survivors Struggle with New Symptoms
Scientific American
The 2014–16 west African Ebola epidemic has left 17,000 survivors at risk of post-Ebola syndrome. Like J […]

San Francisco Chronicle

For many women, HIV is a byproduct of a lifetime of trauma
San Francisco Chronicle
African American women, like Blake, have especially high odds of both contracting HIV and […]

Madame Noire

HIV risk soars for African American men
SFGate
Presented this week at a conference in Boston, the study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 1 in 6 gay and […]