The 23rd International AIDS Conference, originally scheduled for San Francisco/Oakland in late July was held virtually in early July 2020 (Yuck! I’m getting sick of virtual ... Read More
HIV Prevention
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 Infections (CROI) held in early March 2018. ... 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 have choked on my popcorn when I heard ... Read More
What Are The Medication-Based Treatment Options For Opioid Addiction
Yesterday morning, I was seeing patients with a colleague of mine, a physician and medical director of a large clinic providing medical care to residents of an impoverished section ... Read More
Intravenous Drug Use of Opioids and HIV transmission: Opioids 101
Opioids are natural and synthetic derivatives of opium, a compound produced by the poppy plant. Opium and its derivatives have been used for their medicinal purposes for thousands ... 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 trillions of bacteria and other microorganisms ... Read More
We Asked 10 College Women About Their HIV status…
Women and girls deserve the knowledge and power they need to live their best lives—and we’re not going back and forth with you on this one. But when it comes to HIV, it turns out ... Read More
Why Are Blacks Suffering Disproportionately From AIDS?
The HIV/AIDS epidemic has been afflicting our country for more than three decades and is a disease that severely affects marginalized communities. It’s a well-known fact that Black ... Read More
Gay Dating App Grindr Now Offers HIV Test Reminders
Grindr is hands down the world’s largest social dating app for Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer individuals. The purpose is to chat and make friends with people, near or far, then meet up. ... Read More
Human Clinical Trials Are Up Next for Experimental HIV Vaccine
Black people account for a higher proportion of new HIV diagnoses, those living with HIV, and those who have ever received an AIDS diagnosis, compared to other races and ... Read More
A Crash is Inevitable: The HIV epidemic and Drug Addiction
In the previous article, I tried to shed some light on this current “Opioid Epidemic”, the social and political complexities and it’s intersection with the HIV/ Hepatitis ... Read More
I want the protection from PrEP but I hate taking pills!! (part 3 of 3)
In the two previous articles, we introduced PrEP as a strategy to protect individuals from getting infected with HIV. Pre-exposure prophylaxis refers to taking a combination of HIV ... Read More
Just Say “No” to HIV: Strategies for Preventing the Infection (part 2 of 3)
I frequently travel to Africa and Latin America. In tropical climates, I am at risk of getting infected by the malaria parasite spread by mosquitoes. Malaria is a deadly disease, ... Read More
Just Say “No” to HIV: Strategies for Preventing the Infection (part 1 of 3)
Let’s start a discussion about HIV prevention using this real-life case. D. M. is a 27 yo African-American woman who was diagnosed with HIV 5-years ago. Her 3-year old son was ... Read More