Regardless of our racial/ethnic group or HIV status, we should all join Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities around the nation in observing National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 05.22.2012
It's been a big month in the fight against HIV and AIDS. On May 10, a panel of federal advisers gave a thumbs up to the first drug shown to prevent HI...
Anand Reddi | Posted 05.17.2012
The idea that differing global health initiatives must compete with each other lacks not only ethical legitimacy but also scientific merit.
Ace Robinson | Posted 05.07.2012
Our hope is that the correct actions are taken so that in a few decades, we do not look back and wonder why the tools that we have today were not utilized. There is no viable excuse for knowing now what we already know and still not doing the right thing.
John-Manuel Andriote | Posted 05.05.2012
While the bubbly flows at HRC headquarters to celebrate the new leader, perhaps the group will consider broadening its priorities beyond the narrow interests of a narrow segment of the LGBT population.
Ann Brenoff | Posted 02.22.2012
A boomer friend who recently re-entered the dating scene found herself sharing the bed of a younger man. Her report from the front-line: It was a meet-up of the generation who had never had sex with a condom and the generation who had never had sex without one.
Posted 12.22.2011
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...
www.dnainfo.com | Posted 12.02.2011
HARLEM — As a hairdresser for the past 23 years, Rochelle Walters often develops very personal relationships with her clients. That's why she has no...
Christine C. Quinn | Posted 01.31.2012
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.
Rep. Barbara Lee | Posted 01.31.2012
This year marks 30 years after the first discovery of AIDS cases in the United States. While we have come a long way, we have much more work to do. Our country's global leadership will never be more important than at this pivotal moment.
Sheila C. Johnson | Posted 01.31.2012
Over 3 percent of Washingtonians aged 13 and older are living with HIV/AIDS. This rate is three times what the World Health Organization classifies as an epidemic. I'm both heartbroken and enraged by the tragedy taking place in our own backyard.
Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 12.01.2011
On this World AIDS Day -- 30 years after the first cases of HIV were reported in the U.S. and with 34 million people currently infected worldwide -- there is finally a roadmap for ending the AIDS epidemic globally and achieving an AIDS-free generation.
Daniel Tietz | Posted 01.31.2012
We must act now to better understand and address the needs and challenges of what will soon be the majority of Americans with HIV -- those over age 50.
Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 11.30.2011
The announcement of a roadmap to achieve an AIDS-free generation is a fitting way to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the reporting of the first cases of AIDS in 1981.
Posted 12.01.2011
Three decades into the AIDS epidemic, many HIV-positive patients still face routine discrimination when accessing dental care, a new California-based ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 01.16.2012
Despite certain rumors, at the end of the day, the science is clear about condom use.
Neil G. Giuliano | Posted 01.09.2012
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.
Modesto Tico Valle | Posted 01.08.2012
These next few years are the most critical yet in our long race to a cure for AIDS. The LGBT community and our allies must sound the alarm again, just as we did nearly 30 years ago.
Posted 12.24.2011
A Canadian professor's groundbreaking look at the genesis of the AIDS virus is generating global buzz for shedding new light onto the world's most dev...
Nancy Mahon | Posted 08.10.2011
HIV/AIDS takes such a devastating toll on women because it thrives on inequity, violence, poverty and stigma.
Mitchell Warren | Posted 08.09.2011
This week the world has been looking back at 30 years of AIDS. But what about the next thirty years? Could we see an end to AIDS?
Diane Winston | Posted 08.07.2011
Many news outlets marked the 30th anniversary of the discovery of AIDS with stories on the medical and scientific aspects of the disease. But was religion mentioned?
David Ernesto Munar | Posted 08.06.2011
We can and indeed must change the story about HIV/AIDS in our city and nation. Changing the story means working together to end HIV/AIDS in every neighborhood, every town, every state.
Chris Collins | Posted 06.05.2011
With states facing draconian cutbacks in public health, the federal financing role is more important than ever.
James Heffernan | Posted 05.25.2011
When conservative Catholics idolize the golden calf of moral absolutism, they forsake the teachings of the saints.
Kathy Lim Ko | Posted 05.21.2012