The U.S. Latino community faces an HIV/AIDS crisis, but chances are, you didn’t know it. Over the past years, the estimated rate of new HIV infections overall in the U.S. has fallen steadily — together with public concern. Highly effective prevention and treatment for HIV-positive individuals have led the way. But while much progress has...
Dr. Tedd Ellerbrock, HIV Care and Treatment Branch chief, Centers for Disease Control. Being diagnosed with HIV-AIDS used to be a death sentence; wiping out up to 30 percent of some sub-Saharan African communities. Today, more than 11 million people around the globe are living with the disease and a new lease on life, thanks...
With a smile and a handwritten message, Dustin Thompson told the world that he has HIV. Or at least the 1,850 Twitter followers of AIDS Services Foundation Orange County. In the photo tweeted two weeks ago, Thompson, 34, holds a whiteboard emblazoned with #ImPositive and his own words: “I am positive and I am not...
New York City, NY, May, 24 2017 – President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposal includes severe cuts to many HIV and HIV-related programs and no increases for hepatitis prevention. In response, the Latino Commission on AIDS is calling on Congress to reject the President’s budget and develop a budget that addresses the funding...
I voted for the first time in the 1988 election. I still remember entering the voting booth, full of nerves. I also remember the thrill of finally getting to do what so many around the world never get to do — participate in their government. Not to be too dramatic about it, but the freedom...
