Tagged with HIV

Alicia Keys Wants To Change The Way Women Think About HIV‏

Alicia Keys Wants To Change The Way Women Think About HIV‏

Fourteen-time Grammy Award-winning artist and HIV advocate Alicia Keys has teamed up with Greater Than AIDS on a new campaign to reach women in the U.S. about HIV/AIDS. EMPOWERED affirms the power of women—as mothers, daughters, sisters, friends, partners and people living with HIV—to change the course of this disease through everyday actions. Approximately 280,000—or … Continue reading »

Worldwide HIV AIDS Treatment Programs

Worldwide HIV AIDS Treatment Programs

AIDS is the deadliest infectious disease in the world for adults. According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) there are currently about 34 million people worldwide who have HIV or AIDS. Many of these people do not know that they are infected with the HIV virus and continue to transmit the disease … Continue reading »

The Sad Reality of Pediatric AIDS

The Sad Reality of Pediatric AIDS

HIV and AIDS don’t discriminate or select who will be a victim and who will not. Every day there are more reported cases of the disease and mothers who are unaware of infection could easily pass it on to their unborn babies. The result is that there are numerous young children who are living with … Continue reading »

5 Fastest Spreading STDs in the World

5 Fastest Spreading STDs in the World

Sex is a normal part of human life, and it’s necessary for procreation and the continuance of our race–but sex is risky business. In the United States alone, nearly 70 million Americans have some form of sexually-transmitted disease. An estimated one out of four people will be infected in their lifetimes, and most of them … Continue reading »

The New STD That Can Kill You

The New STD That Can Kill You

It appears that there is a new STD that is killing men and its related to oral sex. The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) was once believed to have no effect on men, but it’s now found to be harmful to men as well as well as women. In fact, giving someone unprotected oral sex or receiving … Continue reading »

Magic Johnson: Take an AIDS (HIV) Test at Home

Magic Johnson: Take an AIDS (HIV) Test at Home

“No, I’m not on any magical drugs. I’ve been saying that for 21 years,” Magic Johnson told a small crowd of journalists and HIV- and AIDS-prevention workers over lunch at New York City’s Gramercy Park Hotel on Wednesday. Read more at -  BET. Related articles Magic Johnson and Wendy Williams Sign Historic Declaration to End … Continue reading »