The new year brings with it numerous resolutions to improve one’s life in many areas, including romance, finances, and even sex. More often ... Read More
HIV/AIDS
The 20-Minute ‘Quickie’ that’s Good for You
Despite what you hear, longer isn't always better. In fact, sometimes shorter gets the job done just as good. Take S-E-X, for example. ... Read More
Do You Know Your HIV/AIDS Status?
Have you had your Flu shot this year? What was your last total cholesterol and LDL level ? Have you had your scheduled mammogram to screen ... Read More
Ending The HIV Epidemic In The US: A View From The Trenches
In an article posted on June 10, 2019, I described a public health initiative supported by several major Health agencies here in the U.S. to ... Read More
New Strain Of HIV Discovered. Should We Be Concerned?
Many viruses and bacteria that cause disease have different strains or genetic varieties. Right now, we are in flu season. We get flu ... Read More
Scientists Discover New HIV Strain In 19 Years
As if HIV and AIDS wasn't scary enough... The disease has stricken the Black community for decades and was starting to see some action ... Read More
How Low Can We Go? A Clinical Trial Gives Hope For New HIV Drug Options
As most of you are aware, the treatment of HIV requires multiple drugs. Since the mid-nineties, the rule has been to use three ... Read More
Ensuring Safe Options For Treating HIV During Pregnancy: Is This Déjà Vu?
In 2006, the first single-tablet combination regimen was approved for treating HIV infection. Little did we know that one pill-once a day ... Read More
New HIV Drugs In The Pipeline!
This is the third article in a series of updates on research coming out of the prestigious Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic ... Read More
An End To The US HIV Epidemic? For Real?
Several months ago, the President delivered the “State of the Union Address”. To be clear, I had low expectations, really low! I think I may ... Read More
Medication Adherence: The Achille’s Heel of U=U
One of the highlights of 2018 that I wrote about last year was the additional research that enforced the important principle that ... Read More
Hydeia Broadbent: Champion, Crusader & Changing The Face Of HIV
In 1996, on “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, Hydeia Broadbent, who was 11 years old at the time, shared her experience in living with AIDS in front ... Read More