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Morehouse Healthcare creates better outcomes for underserved communities
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Why Are Black People Still in the Dark When It Comes to HIV Prevention?
By Angelo C. Louw (NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist) With new infection rates and AIDS-related deaths on a decline globally, it seems we are finally gaining ground in the fight to end the epidemic. However, an alarming world trend in new HIV infections suggests that Black Read More
Health
Men Who Took Daily Pill Stayed HIV-Free, Kaiser Permanente Says
(NBC News) – Men who took a once-a-day pill to prevent HIV infection were completely protected for months and sometimes for years, a leading health insurer says. Health officials have recommended that people at high risk of catching HIV — especially gay and bisexual men Read More
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Truvada – a preventive drug against HIV and AIDS
[TECHSONIA] Truvada is a drug that functions against HIV. It was approved in the early 2000s. It lowers virus production and slows disease progression in the patients who are infected. In the July 2012, Truvada got approval to treat Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP which made Read More
Op-Ed
Reducing the Risk of HIV by 90 Percent
By Phill Wilson NNPA Columnist This Friday, February 7h, is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD). It’s an opportunity for the nation to take a look at the AIDS epidemic in Black America from a uniquely and unapologetically Black point of view. Given the Read More
