On World AIDS Day, we come together to reflect on the progress made in the global fight against HIV/AIDS and to recognize the ongoing challenges faced by those affected by the epidemic, including in ...
CHICAGO --- Providing HIV and AIDS education to female jail detainees could reduce the HIV and AIDS epidemic in the United States and should become a national public health priority, a Northwestern ...
Newly diagnosed HIV and AIDS cases in Sonoma County are declining, but the number of local Latinos diagnosed with the virus remains constant, averaging about 11 a year. To combat that disparity, ...
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Scientists identified the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, over 40 years ago.
Alba Bonilla was in the ninth grade when a table at a local health fair caught her attention. She learned that her home community of Hempstead had one of the highest rates of AIDS-HIV infections in ...
CeeLo Green brought his hometown charisma and Trombone Shorty added his signature New Orleans brass to Atlanta’s 34th Annual AIDS Walk & Music Festival, helping raise $1 million for HIV and AIDS ...
As the world celebrates the International Day of the Girl Child, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria has renewed ...
Although studies indicate school-based HIV/AIDS education programs effectively reduce risky behaviors, only 33 states and the District of Columbia in US mandate HIV/AIDS education. Ideally, ...
When Dr. Erica Campbell asked for Dr. Michelle Bates' help this past fall to apply for an HIV/AIDS grant to benefit Fayetteville State University students, Bates had three reasons she was on board, ...
In New York state prisons today, 12 percent of female prisoners and nearly 6 percent of male prisoners are known to be HIV-positive, according to the Department of Correctional Services. That’s ...
World AIDS Day was Dec. 1, a day when the world was asked to stop and think about HIV/AIDS. While HIV is now considered a chronic disease managed with medication and we even have methods that stop the ...