Charlie Sheen’s news leads to an important, overdue conversation about HIV and AIDS
For the first time since Magic Johnson’s disclosure in 1991 we’re beginning a much-overdue national conversation; it’s an opportunity to share and to educate.
For the first time since Magic Johnson’s disclosure in 1991 we’re beginning a much-overdue national conversation; it’s an opportunity to share and to educate.
The method, called PrEP, reduces HIV infections dramatically, but users can face ‘slut-shaming’ if partners find out they’re using it.
Businessman Bob Frey offers unfounded explaination of AIDS, makes the “science and financial impact of the gay agenda” part of his campaign.
AIDS turning point: South Africa is the worst-hit country in the worst-hit region of the epidemic. But the disease is no longer an acute emergency. The spread of infection has slowed sharply and those infected are living close-to-normal lives. Still, an exhausted nation deals with the aftereffects.
Health authorities report that the continent has seen deaths from AIDS and new HIV infections on the decline in recent years, and the social stigma against those with the disease is lifting.