Many of you have already had your first dose of the Moderna or the Pfizer vaccine, or your single required dose of the Johnson and Johnson ... Read More
Medical Moments: COVID-19 in the Black Community
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKdcF3rtpJM Dr. Keith Crawford shares information regarding the new mutant strains of COVID-19, ... Read More
Vaccines: Make space for your partner in prevention! A monoclonal antibody shows benefit in COVID-19 prevention
After the approval of two different vaccines against the Sars-Cov-2 (COVID-19), the US under the Biden administration is racing to get ... Read More
Breaking News: Long-Acting Drug Protects Women From HIV-Infection
Currently in the US, there are two drugs approved for prevention of HIV or PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis). Truvada (a combination of ... Read More
HIV and The Gut Microbiome: Prebiotics and Probiotics
In the previous article, I introduced the microbiome. To review, recall that our bodies are essentially a reservoir of billions, even ... Read More
Hope Against The Virus: LY-Cov555 May Boost Immunity!
In a press release issued on September 16, 2020, pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Co. announced some encouraging preliminary results ... Read More
Another HIV Cure?
The 23rd International AIDS Conference, originally scheduled for San Francisco/Oakland in late July was held virtually in early July 2020 ... Read More
New Long-acting HIV Drug Shows Promising Results in Early Clinical Trials
Report from the 27th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2020 OK, so you all are probably wondering if I’m ... Read More
Long-acting Medications for HIV Treatment and Prevention
Ok, you’re probably tired of me promising that long-acting antiretroviral therapy would soon be available through your doctor. The ... Read More
“Plandemic”… Fact or Fallacy?
A couple of weeks ago, a friend sent me a link to the “Plandemic” video and asked for my medical and scientific assessment. I had not heard ... Read More
If There Were a Vaccine To Protect Against COVID -19, Would You Get It ? (Part 2)
The goal of a vaccine is to give the immune system a head start in fighting an infectious organism so that the infection is prevented. There ... Read More
If There Were A Vaccine To Protect Against COVID-19, Would You Get It? (Part 1)
By now, it has become abundantly clear that black people have suffered disproportionate mortality due to COVID-19. For example, in Chicago, ... Read More