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Hiv Prevention

PHOTOS: Photographer Mike Ruiz And Others Help Create GMHC's New HIV Prevention Campaign

Posted 01.24.2012 | Gay Voices

On Saturday, January 21, celebrity photographer, Mike Ruiz donated his time to take photos for Gay Men’s Health Crisis's (GMHC) HIV testing and prev...

Against All Logic: What LGBT and Allies Do Now

Emily Dievendorf | Posted 03.04.2012 | Detroit
Emily Dievendorf

When I received word that Gov. Snyder signed the ban on health care coverage for domestic partners I choked. At this point, it is impossible not to recognize the terrible insults that the LGBT community faces in Michigan.

Detroit Man's Shocking HIV/AIDS Discrimination Claims Pick Up Steam

Posted 12.22.2011 | Gay Voices

More than 35,000 people have called for the resignation of the regional director of Detroit's Great Expressions Dental Care after a former employee cl...

HIV Vaccine Okayed For Human Testing

The Huffington Post | Jocelyn Richard | Posted 12.20.2011 | Home

Canadian researchers received approval Tuesday from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin testing an experimental and potentially breakthroug...

To End AIDS, the World Needs a Plan

Mitchell Warren | Posted 02.05.2012 | Impact
Mitchell Warren

Last Thursday, on World AIDS Day, President Obama threw the full weight of the U.S. government behind a vision that would have seemed outlandish until now: The end of the global AIDS epidemic.

On World Aids Day -- Go Out and Get Tested

Christine C. Quinn | Posted 01.31.2012 | Gay Voices
Christine C. Quinn

On World AIDS Day -- and truly every day -- it's important to remember that our most powerful weapon in the fight against HIV/AIDS is -- and has always been -- our voice. So talk to someone you love or care for today about HIV.

Kate Abbey-Lambertz

World AIDS Day Detroit Brings AIDS Activist To The Fillmore

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 12.01.2011 | Detroit

DETROIT -- Detroiters and community organizations will come together on Thursday for World AIDS Day Detroit, part of a global campaign for AIDS awaren...

What You need To Know About World AIDS Day 2011

Rehema Trimiew | Posted 11.30.2011 | World

AIDS is still a global epidemic, however we have not given up hope that we can eradicate it. This year, the movement to end HIV/AIDS continues on Worl...

Who's Minding the Kids?!

Janet Weinberg | Posted 01.23.2012 | Gay Voices
Janet Weinberg

As we worry about how to protect our children, we seem to lose track of the fact that they grow up to be sexually engaged youth. For eight years, we did not offer any options except abstinence-only sex education in the public schools.

Creating an AIDS-Free Generation

Neil G. Giuliano | Posted 01.09.2012 | Gay Voices
Neil G. Giuliano

It's important that we examine our own combination prevention strategy, because what's effective in sub-Saharan Africa will not necessarily be effective in the U.S. There are four things we can do right now to create our own AIDS-free generation.

The Beginning of the End of AIDS

Sheila Nix | Posted 01.09.2012 | Impact
Sheila Nix

There are those who will say these goals can't be achieved -- that we'll never see and end to AIDS. But we know that these goals are achievable. With the right political leadership we will, by 2015, see the beginning of the end of AIDS.

Moving Forward on FDA Review of HIV Prevention Drugs

Anand Reddi | Posted 01.02.2012 | Healthy Living
Anand Reddi

AIDS activists must aspire for responsible advocacy. I encourage AHF to adopt a more pragmatic strategy regarding FDA review of PrEP.

Don't Delay HIV Prevention for Gay and Bi Men

David Ernesto Munar | Posted 12.24.2011 | Gay Voices
David Ernesto Munar

Asking gay, bi and other men who have sex with men to wait six months longer for a tool that we know can make an enormous difference today is asking too much -- and forsaking too many lives.

Cindy Y. Rodriguez

In The Fight Against HIV/AIDS, New York City Addresses Epidemic Among Latinos

HuffingtonPost.com | Cindy Y. Rodriguez | Posted 12.14.2011 | Latino Voices

As Latinos commemorate the ninth anniversary of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) this Saturday -- 30 years after the first reported appearan...

Paving the Way for a Generation Free of HIV

Sheila C. Johnson | Posted 12.07.2011 | Black Voices
Sheila C. Johnson

As a global community, we must redouble our efforts to increase access to care, education, and psycho-social support for those suffering from HIV/AIDS while research is underway to identify new prevention and treatment options.

U.S. Foreign Health Investments Improve Lives Abroad -- And Here at Home

Mandy Moore | Posted 12.04.2011 | Impact
Mandy Moore

When people are healthy, they can be productive. They work, earn an income, and buy products -- they build their economy. It's simple and logical, but to grow economies, the basic building block of health is necessary.

Aging HIV/AIDS Patients Face New Challenges

sunherald.com | ANDREA K. WALKER | Posted 12.01.2011 | Fifty

BALTIMORE -- When Malcolm Coley was diagnosed with HIV, he began preparing to die. The Baltimore man, a former heroin user who suspects he contract...

Time to Start Talking

Vanessa Cullins | Posted 11.15.2011 | Black Voices
Vanessa Cullins

While STIs cross all racial lines, African Americans are disproportionately at risk for such common infections as chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes, and syphilis. African-American women must take the first step to protect our health: Talk about sex.

Back to School -- A Time to Wear the Difference

J. Branson | Posted 11.02.2011 | Impact
J. Branson

It's awesome to think that an entire school could show up for the first day of classes wearing shirts that encourage condom use and social acceptance of people living with HIV/AIDS.

Makings AIDS History

Michel D. Kazatchkine | Posted 09.27.2011 | Impact
Michel D. Kazatchkine

"Making AIDS history," this year's Capitol Hill conference organized by amfAR the Foundation for AIDS research, is of particular significance as the w...

30 Years Later, Where Do We Stand With HIV/AIDS?

Ray Suarez | Posted 08.15.2011 | Healthy Living
Ray Suarez

As the years passed, the picture began to fill in: a virus, that came to be called the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, caused the disease.

AIDS Summit at the UN: Not Enough Talk About Sex

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 08.13.2011 | World
Evelyn Leopold

World leaders gathered at the United Nations to mark the 30th anniversary of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Adrienne Germain and Alexandra Garita discuss the declaration and the controversies that arise whenever sex is a key part of an agenda.

30 Years is Enough: An HIV Strategy for Women Now

Serra Sippel | Posted 08.13.2011 | Women
Serra Sippel

Last week marked the 30th anniversary of what we recognize as the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In all the talk, there has been one core aspect of HIV/AIDS that has been absent.

The 30-Year Fight Against AIDS and for Patient Rights

Michel D. Kazatchkine | Posted 08.09.2011 | Impact
Michel D. Kazatchkine

In the last thirty years there has been no respite in the fight against disease: not for patients, not for doctors, not for researchers. I strongly believe that the fight against AIDS can be won.

30 Years of HIV/AIDS: How Many More?

Mark Ishaug | Posted 08.02.2011 | Healthy Living
Mark Ishaug

But make no mistake -- despite numerous advances, HIV/AIDS is not over. Every nine and a half minutes, someone in the United States becomes infected with the virus.