Spanish doctors in Barcelona believe they've found the cure to HIV. By using blood transplants from the umbilical cords of individuals with a genetic resistance to HIV, Spanish medical professionals believe they can best the AIDS-causing virus. The procedure has already been successful, "curing" a patient in just three months.
A new study has traced the origins of HIV back to the early 20th century in the western region of Congo. From there, scientists say that the deadly virus spread throughout Africa over the next several decades, and eventually turned into a worldwide epidemic, infecting 75 million people.
Although research shows that gay and bisexual men are disproportionately infected with HIV in the United States, a new study revealed that nearly half of those men living with the deadly virus are not receiving ongoing care or the drugs they need to live healthy lives.
CDC: Hispanics are 16 percent of the population, but 21 percent of new HIV/AIDS infections annually The Center for Disease Control rolled out a new campaign to target Hispanic and Latino communities in addressing HIV/AIDS, citing a high number of new infections each year.
the AIDS conference in Australia is giving the world a view at many new achievements but one of the exciting ones is targeting sleeper cells of HIV in order to allow Tcells to attack them.
People Living With HIV Or AIDS could be cured within 16 years. The AIDS epidemic could be eradicated within our lifetime. A United Nations AIDS Agency (UNAIDS) study released last week, stated that the AIDS epidemic could be eradicated in less than 20 years from now.
Good news about the rate of HIV diagnosis, just days after more than 100 researchers were lost on blown up Malaysian Airlines flight from Amsterdam to an international AIDS conference in Australia. The US has seen a decrease in HIV diagnosis, by one third, between 2002-2011. The information comes form a journal special issue that was set to coincide with the Australian conference.
What is the data about Truvada and HIV health really saying? What does it mean for people living with HIV, and those that have been exposed for the first time?
March 31 has come and gone, and the Affordable Care Act open enrollment period has concluded. Now there are 8 million newly insured individuals, many of whom are confused about what this means for them.
Having an autoimmune disease like Lupus is bad enough. Having an autoimmune disease like lupus is bad enough. Now try imagining being afflicted with lupus and HIV, the worst autoimmune disease of them all.
While everyone reserves the right to choose their own labeling, the tension that exists between " identity and reality can be incredibly detrimental to the Latino community," in fact it could be lethal, because men who frequently have sex with other men but reject a homosexual identity, often engage in unsafe risky sex practices.
HIV/AID-related illness and death affects the entire community, which is why up-to-date statistics need to be continually produced and awareness needs to be continually drawn to facts surrounding the AIDs crisis and how it unduly impacts people of color.
John Ruiz, Ph.D., assistant professor at the University of North Texas, Department of Psychology, headed new research which supports the existence of the pseudo-mythical "Hispanic paradox," a debatable phenomenon where poor Latinos experience health that's comparable or better than other ethnicities. The Journal of "Endocrinology and Metabolism" published a new study about poor minority patients being more likely to be diagnosed with late-stage thyroid cancer and living longer, which supports Ruiz's finding.
On Sunday, while many Americans were commuting back from their Thanksgiving weekend, lugging baggage and leftovers from Grandma, many might have been too busy to take a moment and reflect on World AIDS Day, which is observed every year on Dec. 1.
World AIDS Day recently celebrated its 25th anniversary on December 1 which helped the entire world reflect on the milestones made in heightening the awareness level of every person and community about the HIV epidemic around the globe.
