Up to 28% Of South African School Aged Girls are HIV Positive
South African health ministry officials recently revealed that up to 28 percent of South African school aged girls are HIV positive. Responding to the news, South Africa’s health minister said it “destroyed” his soul. Four percent of school boys also have the virus. “It is clear that it is not young boys who are sleeping [...]
Police Officer Issues Woman a Ticket For Having HIV
Dearborn Police Officer, David Lacey, is being accused of violating a woman’s privacy rights after finding prescription pills for HIV treatment in the woman’s purse. The officer ticketed her for not volunteering to inform him of her HIV-positive status. Shalandra Jones has been living with HIV for 11 years, but the incident that occurred with [...]
Watch Out: Researchers Find Mysterious AIDS-Like Disease
For years, scientists have disputed the origin of the HIV virus, with some even going so far as to question whether it was man-made. Since that time, HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has eviscerated entire communities. In America, homosexual men were initially the group hit the hardest by the disease, while in poor African [...]
Bishop Rainey Cheeks Opens Church Door to HIV Positive Parishioners
For years, HIV has been a taboo subject in the black community, and even more taboo among black churches which, ironically, should be a safe-haven for the downtrodden. But in the weeks since President Obama’s endorsement of same-s*x marriage, we’ve seen several black churches jump on the tolerance bandwagon. Followers. But some black churches have [...]
Alert: Drug Resistant AIDS on the Rise
Drug resistant AIDS is on the rise, at least that’s the assessment of doctors and researchers who are attending the International AIDS conference in Washington D.C. AIDS experts at the conference are encouraging the world’s governments not to cut funding because AIDS mutations, which are resistant to drugs, are on the rise. From Al Jazeera: [...]
Black Gay Men in America at Highest Risk For Contracting H.I.V.
According to a new study by the Black AIDS Institute, black gay men are the group most impacted by H.I.V. in America. The shocking report says that 1 in 4 black gay males is currently infected with H.I.V., and there is a 60% chance that a black gay male will be living with the disease [...]
Nearly Half of All AIDS Infected Americans are Black Men, Women, and Children
We all know that the AIDS crisis in black America is serious, but just how serious? NPR published some stark statistics that paint an awful picture of the AIDS epidemic in black America: Of the more than 1 million people in the U.S. infected with HIV, nearly half are black men, women and children — [...]
Man Cured of AIDS After Stem Cell Transplant
Timothy Brown is a walking miracle. Scientists claim that they were able to cure Brown’s AIDS with a stem cell transplant. The finding has set the scientific world on fire. The fact that Timothy Brown is a reasonably healthy 46-year-old is no small thing. Only a few years ago, he had AIDS. “I feel [...]
Child Brides Being Kidnapped, Believed to be a Cure for HIV
The CNN Freedom Project tells the story about young women being kidnapped as child brides by those who believe that having s*x with a young girl can cure their HIV. In many African villages, girls as young as 12 years old are kidnapped and forced to marry older men. They speak of the term “Ukuthwala,” [...]
With Better HIV Tests, Should FDA End its Ban on Gay Men Donating Blood?
Raymond Robbins was ready to roll up his sleeve and give blood for the first time when a question asked of potential donors stopped him cold: “From 1977 to the present, have you had s****l contact with another male, even once?” “I answered yes, but I was caught off guard by the question,” said Robbins, [...]
