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HIV Infection Diagnoses Spike Among Latino Men Engaging in Male-to-Male Sexual Contact

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) produced a report confirming that new diagnosis of HIV infection has risen sharply among Latino men who have sex with men (MSM), despite overall declines in infections among U.S. Latinos during the same period.

National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) Educates Community About the Impact of HIV and AIDS

Oct 15, 2014 03:49 PM EDT By Nicole Akoukou Thompson

National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) has been observed on the final day of Hispanic Heritage Month, Oct. 15, since 2003. NLAAD was instituted in response to the impact of HIV and AIDS on Latino communities nationwide.

United Nations Says HIV/AIDS Epidemic Could Come to an End by 2030

Jul 30, 2014 02:38 PM EDT By Nicole Akoukou Thompson

AIDS is a disease that has affected almost 75 million since the start of the epidemic in the 1980s, and it has claimed the lives of about 36 million people globally. But according to the UN, AIDS/HIV could be controlled by 2030 and ended "in every region, in every country."