An antiretroviral treatment has increased the life expectancy of people who live with HIV in British Columbia, but a new ...
Marvell Terry II challenges Black communities to rethink HIV stigma, pushing for open dialogue, empathy, and better healthcare access.
Doctors say with precautions, the risk of transmission to the child is low. But moms with HIV say they struggle with stigma, medical misconceptions and acceptance ...
stigma and discrimination. The research paper shows the life expectancy for 20-year-old men living with HIV between 2012 and 2020 rose to 68 years old while for women it only increased to 61 years ...
Atlanta HIV educator and ... the risks of HIV to Black women and Black gay men in Georgia. She sat down with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution to explain how stigma hampers efforts to reach at ...
I felt like I was a lesser person. I felt like I was dirty. I felt like I deserved it somehow.” Victoria Roscow, 30 and from ...
If access to the drugs is the bottleneck, stigma around HIV serves as a barrier stopping Black gay men and Black women from achieving the decline in HIV infections seen in white gay men.
To protect themselves from stigma and to adhere to cultural norms, many HIV-positive women would continue to engage in high-risk behavior. To assist them to take responsibility for their sexual ...
Among states, Georgia has the highest rate of new HIV infections, but residents — especially women and Black patients like ...
In an interview with The Associated Press ... a twice-yearly shot that was shown to offer complete protection against HIV in women, and which worked nearly as well as for men.