The Grammy nominated singer was not here for his fat shaming.
(BET) — President Barack Obama is announcing a new national strategy for combatting HIV and AIDS aimed at helping reduce the number of infections and providing those living with the virus high-quality care free from stigma or discrimination. The strategy calls for reducing the rate of new HIV infectionsby 25 percent over the next five years, and for […]
(The Root) — There is an old saying: “Knowledge is power.” True of many aspects of life, it is of paramount importance in facing the crisis of HIV/AIDS in the black community. As an African-American medical expert, I know that the single biggest factor fueling the AIDS epidemic in our community is that too many […]
(The Huffington Post) — This May, President Obama’s Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) held a meeting to discuss how to tackle the U.S. epidemic. What made this meeting different from past iterations was the diverse group of people in attendance — government officials, private sector foundations, corporations as well as national advocacy and service organizations. […]
(News One) — In March, CDC announced the findings from a recent analysis – one in six Americans ages 14-49 is infected with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), the virus that causes genital herpes. This statistic alone is staggering, but even more troubling are the numbers among African Americans. The analysis showed that 39 percent […]