AIDS / HIV Blog

An article published in the February 22, 2007 issue of the The New England Journal of Medicine reported on a study that showed that the use of the herpes simplex ... Read More

At almost every doctor visit, your HIV specialist will review your absolute CD4 and your CD4 percentage. You listen intently to the numbers as they are given to you but ... Read More

HPV vaccine manufacturer Merck is going to petition the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval to market their new HPV vaccine Gardasil for males as well as females. The ... Read More

Nobody ever said taking HIV medications was easy. In fact it can be down right hard at times. But it can be done if you are committed to treatment and ... Read More

A report from New York City's Department of Health shows that the highest rate of new HIV infection is among gay men 35 to 49 years of age. Having lived ... Read More

Three national pharmacies are currently offering discounted prescription medications regardless of your medication insurance situation. With the rising price of medications and the loop holes of Medicare Part D, discounted ... Read More

For years, experts have attributed the high rate of HIV among African American women to a behavior that has been called "being on the down low". The basic contention is ... Read More

March 10, 2007 marks the second annual National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The purpose for the day is to raise HIV/AIDS awareness and its impact on the lives ... Read More

Years of political turmoil...decades of prejudice against women....violence and denial....this is the recipe for South Africa's public health disaster. HIV has a foothold in South Africa and it doesn't look ... Read More

By now most everyone is familiar with HIV and its effects on individuals, cultures, and the world. Most believe the epidemic of the twentirth century is without question a public ... Read More