After all these years I am shocked at how little we in America talk about "it" and how the silence surrounding "it" is killing us quicker than the disease.
Scott Foval | Posted 01.22.2009 | Chicago
I am telling my story so that people know why today, more than ever, it is unquestionable that we need to re-invest in HIV/AIDS research.
Cord Jefferson | Posted 01.11.2009 | Living
Among Manhattan's middle-aged black men, the HIV/AIDS rates are comparable to those of sub-Saharan Africa. Blacks in the United States are at a flash point in their struggle with AIDS.
Michel D. Kazatchkine | Posted 01.04.2009 | Living
In a world where inequality continues to grow, the recent gains in health form a bridge between the rich and the poor. We need to strengthen this bridge.
Irene Monroe | Posted 01.02.2009 | Living
Seventeen percent of the U.S. teen population is African American. In 2004, 70 percent of all teens testing HIV-positive were black.
Michael DeJong | Posted 01.02.2009 | Living
On World AIDS Day, we need to remember those we have lost, but we also need to remember the 39.5 million individuals and households that are also affected by and with HIV.
Mona Gable | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
In October South Africa got a new health minister, a former anti-apartheid activist named Barbara Hogan who's being called the "new Obama." How's that for change South Africans can believe in?
Michael Shaw | Posted 01.01.2009 | Media
It's always been about backgrounds and logos. Desperate days in the legacy hunt?
AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama praised the Bush administration's effort to combat AIDS and pledged Monday to continue to fight the deadl...
Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 01.01.2009 | Living
Imagine, in the face of the despair, a young pastor delivering a sermon to a principally gay, male congregation on the spirituality of HIV/AIDS.
AP | JOELLE DIDERICH | Posted 01.01.2009 | Style
PARIS — France's glamorous first lady threw her considerable star power behind the global fight against AIDS on Monday, as the world tallied the...
Pamela W. Barnes | Posted 01.01.2009 | Living
As president and CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, I've visited the countries hardest hit by HIV/AIDS and I've seen that success is possible.
Max Bernstein | Posted 01.01.2009 | Home
Despite your leaving disaster in your wake in every other facet of your presidency, AIDS is the one issue the world will still listen to you on.
Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 01.01.2009 | Style
If HIV is preventable, why are there over 56,000 new infections in this country every year? Why is it that red ribbons are only worn on World AIDS Day -- or occasionally to the Academy Awards?
Rep. Jim McDermott | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
World AIDS Day is a day to bear witness, to celebrate the progress we have made and to re-dedicate ourselves to the fight by telling our own personal stories.
Susan Smith Ellis | Posted 01.01.2009 | Living
For me, today is a day where I think of what still needs to be done, of the literally millions of people we still need to help in Africa who are fighting to survive.
Mark Ishaug | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago
When he assumes power, Barack Obama will take the reigns of the largest, sustained commitment of any nation to lifesaving HIV treatments for some of the world's most impoverished citizens.
Dr. Ana Langer | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
As people live longer with HIV, new challenges have emerged. Chief among them are the effects of social stigma and discrimination against people with HIV.
Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
On the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day, despite the medical advances that have been made, this story serves as a powerful reminder of the struggles and indignities people living with HIV/AIDS still face.
AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 01.01.2009 | Living
LONDON — As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at the exp...
James Boyce | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
Of all the things that I have seen, of all the conversations, of all the meetings, I wanted to share with you today the one thing that sticks in my mind, and keeps me awake at night.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.31.2008 | Entertainment
The new online digital magazine (RED)WIRE will sponsor a series of unique performances by artists such as U2 and Sheryl Crow, in its bid to help fight AIDS.
Laiah Idelson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Dancing for six hours straight in a college-campus building might sound like a bizarre way for college students to spend a Friday night. But this Worl...
Sheryl Lee Ralph | Posted 11.20.2009 | Impact